svartfolk

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of svart (“dark; black”) +‎ folk (“people”). Coined by Swedish game designer and author Anders Blixt in 1986. Based on the terms svartalf (“dark elf”) and svartnisse (“goblin”).

Noun

svartfolk c

  1. (fantasy) goblinoid
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