OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29545

goblin

/ˈɡɒb.lɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
duende • trasgo
A malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.
"[…]If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here," said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, "he would have been through;…
From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin, yͭ into raggs would rend yee, & yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,
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