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

It seemed as if I had heard the unseen kobold, laughing in mockery, seat himself near me.

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

The queer, dry, lean old Captain had been to her all her life like a faithful kobold or brownie, an unquestioning servant of all her gentle biddings.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The kobold Thought moves with us when we shift Our dwelling to escape him; perched aloft On the first load of household-stuff he went: For, where the mind goes, goes old furniture.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

"Oh, no," cried the host, quite humbly, "I will gladly produce everything, only make the accursed kobold creep back into the sack."

From Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Hunt, Margaret