koboldn.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊb(ə)ld/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊˌbɔld/,

/ˈkoʊˌbɑld/

Etymology: < German kobold, kobolt (dialect kob(b)elt, kubbelt), Middle High German kobolt (chowolt) = Middle Dutch cobout (cobbout, coubout, Dutch kabouter); ulterior etymology uncertain. Hildebrand, in Grimm, favours an original *kobwalt , < kobe house, cove n.¹ + stem of walten to rule, wield n.; compare Old English cofgodas, -godu as renderings of Latin lares and penates.

In German folklore: (a) a familar spirit, haunting houses and rendering services to the inmates, but often of a tricky disposition; a brownie; (b) an underground spirit haunting mines or caves; a goblin or gnome.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > gnome

fairy of the mine1695

gnome1714

gnomide1728

knocker1747

kobold1830

kabouter1961

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ix. 568 The Parts Septentrionall are with these Sp'ryts Much haunted..About the places where they dig for Oare. The Greekes and Germans call them Cobali.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ix. 574 Kibaldi.]

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft 121 The Kobolds were a species of gnomes, who haunted the dark and solitary places, and were often seen in the mines.

1849 A. J. Symington Harebell Chimes 11 Witch, kobold, sprite..and imp of every kind.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 144 What of the grand tools with which we engineer, like kobolds and enchanters?

figurative.1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 217 There in the corner is the little black kobold of a doubt making mouths at him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kobold
释义	koboldn. Brit. /ˈkəʊb(ə)ld/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌbɔld/, /ˈkoʊˌbɑld/ Etymology: < German kobold, kobolt (dialect kob(b)elt, kubbelt), Middle High German kobolt (chowolt) = Middle Dutch cobout (cobbout, coubout, Dutch kabouter); ulterior etymology uncertain. Hildebrand, in Grimm, favours an original kobwalt , < kobe* house, cove n.¹ + stem of walten to rule, wield n.; compare Old English cofgodas, -godu as renderings of Latin lares and penates. In German folklore: (a) a familar spirit, haunting houses and rendering services to the inmates, but often of a tricky disposition; a brownie; (b) an underground spirit haunting mines or caves; a goblin or gnome. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > gnome fairy of the mine1695 gnome1714 gnomide1728 knocker1747 kobold1830 kabouter1961 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ix. 568 The Parts Septentrionall are with these Sp'ryts Much haunted..About the places where they dig for Oare. The Greekes and Germans call them Cobali. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ix. 574 Kibaldi.] 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft 121 The Kobolds were a species of gnomes, who haunted the dark and solitary places, and were often seen in the mines. 1849 A. J. Symington Harebell Chimes 11 Witch, kobold, sprite..and imp of every kind. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 144 What of the grand tools with which we engineer, like kobolds and enchanters? figurative.1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 217 There in the corner is the little black kobold of a doubt making mouths at him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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