- like the
Standard English form, all
derive from the Old
English dweorh or
dweorg via the
Middle English dwerg. In the 2004 film Van Helsing, the Duergar...
- in
Germanic folklore and
mythology (including
Norse mythology)
known as
dweorg in Old
English and
dvergr in Old
Norse Duergar, an evil race of dwarves...
-
distinct from elves. The
modern English noun
dwarf descends from Old English:
dweorg. It has a
variety of
cognates in
other Germanic languages,
including Old...
- achondroplasia) has
developed euphemistically. The noun
dwarf stems from Old English:
dweorg,
originally referring to a
being from
Germanic mythology—a dwarf—that dwells...
-
believed to
cause physical harm in the Anglo-Saxon
world was the
dweorg or
dƿeorg/dwerg ("dwarf"), whom
Storms characterised as a "disease-spirit". A...
- name for a
supernatural being akin to a
phantom or a ghost. *đwergaz OE
dweorg, OFris. dwirg, OS *dwerg, MDu. dwerch, OHG
twerg ON
dvergr –
Unclear etymology...
-
believed to
cause physical harm in the Anglo-Saxon
world was the
dweorg or
dƿeorg/dwerg ("dwarf"), whom
Storms characterised as a "disease-spirit". A...
