]]A dwarf is a short, stocky humanoid creature in Norse mythology as well
as other Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and
role-playing games.
The plural form dwarfs has been traced to the 17th century. The
alternative plural dwarves has been recorded in the early 18th century,
but was not generally accepted until used by philologist J. R. R. Tolkien
in his fantasy novel The Hobbit. Neither spelling represents the regular
phonetic development of the Old English plural dweorgas, namely dwarrows;
rather, they descend from a new plural formed in Middle English from the
singular stem. Similarly, the old inherited plural dwarrows acquired a
singular dwarrow.Carpenter, Humphrey (ed.), 1981, The Letters of J. R. R.
Tolkien, p. 23 Although dwarrow has passed from the language, both dwarfs
and dwarves are in current use. Many
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