Definitions For Drow

Noun

DROW (plural 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.

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 *drog, , malevolent [undead] being. Trow is derived from troll, or otherwise from 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 draugr.