Definitions For Drow

Noun

{{en-noun, drow}} (fantasy, _, RPG, countable) A member of a fictional race of dark elf, elves in various fantasy settings, such as w:dungeons & dragons, dungeons & dragons. (fantasy, _, RPG, uncountable) A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow. (rare, mythology, countable) A trow; a member of a race of folkloric beings from orkney and shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll{{cite-web , title=Dictionary of the Scots Language , url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/getent4.php?plen=11075&startset=44442733&query=TROW&fhit=trowe&dregion=entry&dtext=snd#fhit , accessdate=23 July 2012 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205103333/http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/getent4.php?plen=11075&startset=44442733&query=TROW&fhit=trowe&dregion=entry&dtext=snd#fhit#fhit , archivedate=5 February 2012 }}.

Synonyms

a fictional race dark elf

Translations

Finnish: drow, musta haltia

Etymology

A Shetlandic and Orcadian alteration of trow, most likely influenced by an unattested {{etyl, nrn, en}} *drog, , malevolent [undead] being. Trow is derived from {{etyl, nrn, en}} troll, or otherwise from {{etyl, non, en}} trǫll. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so "troll, trolly knoll, knolls" probably became "trowie knowes" around this time. The supposed Norn *drog would have been derived from {{etyl, non, en}} draugr.