trylle

Pronunciation: /ˈtrʏlː.ə/

“trylle” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

to practise magic or sorcery; to cast spells
to cause an illness, misfortune, or another harmful condition through magic
to enchant, bewitch, or place someone or something under a spell
With an adverbial complement, to use magic to bring something forth, make it disappear, or place it in a particular state; (figuratively) to produce or remove something with remarkable speed or skill
To perform tricks of magic as entertainment; to act as a magician or illusionist

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse trylla (“to enchant; turn into a troll”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlijaną (“to perform magic, conjure”), a causative or denominative derivative of *truzlą (“troll, supernatural being”). The original sense was “to turn someone into a troll”, hence more generally “to transform or bewitch through magic”. The intransitive sense “to practise magic” and the modern sense “to…

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