kobold

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In a typical game, online or off, the game master will present the players with a situation — an encounter with a kobold, say.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2021

To see this abhorred sneak, this mocking kobold, step between me and my beloved, two torn and bleeding hearts, revolted my innermost feeling.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

The German miners gave to an ore which they considered useless the name kobalt, from kobold, a goblin, gnome.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

By the magic of the moon, When Diana from her dome Wakes from slumber, woos from swoon All the folk who fear the noon, Dwarf and kobold, witch and gnome— I conjure thee, maiden, come!

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

I'm a witch, a Brownie, a sprite, an elf, a kobold, a pixie——" "That's enough.

From The Come Back by Wells, Carolyn