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Originally Posted by David Johnston2
As I understand it, "troll" was a generic term for "otherwise unclassified physical supernatural being".
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"Hér merkir tröll eftir sinni náttúru anda óhreina, uppvakta drauga, evocatos manes, immundos spiritus et spectra omnis generis."
The Icelandic first part loosely translates as: "Here, the meaning of 'tröll' is by its nature filthy spirits, awakened ghosts..."