The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The formdwarf is the regular continuation of Old Englishdweorg, but the pluraldweorgas would have given rise todwarrows and the oblique stemdweorge- would have led todwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old Englishburg givingburgh,borough,burrow,bury.
(mythology) Any member of arace of beings from (especiallyScandinavian and otherGermanic)folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled incrafting andmetalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing withelves.
Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where thedwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live beneath the mountains and build their remarkable creations.
2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, inCNN[1]:
But none of those browndwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.
At first,dwarfs was the only normative plural in English, anddwarves was considered incorrect.[1] AfterJ. R. R. Tolkien useddwarves in his works, that form became an acceptable plural for the mythological beings. For a non-mythological dwarf (people withdwarfism, small plants, animals, planets, stars, etc.),dwarfs has remained the preferred plural form. The use ofdwarf to describe people withdwarfism is currently considered to be offensive by some.
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(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller,puny,tiny; to be much larger than.
The newly-built skyscraperdwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.
1960 April, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part Two”, inTrains Illustrated, page225:
The train bursts from Rusher Cutting Tunnel with explosive violence, the engine's exhaust soaring high into the air, butdwarfed by the mighty limestone cliffs on either side.
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants thatdwarf our own Jupiter.
How are the following nouns improperly formed, and what should they be? viz.—Lifes, knifes,dwarves, mischieves—boxs, churchs, dishs, fishs—enemys, flys, skys, spys—louses, mouses, oxes, pennys—arcanums, datums, erratums, phænomenons—bacheloress, benefactoress, governoress—boys books, girls dolls, childs rattle—diligence sake; Jane’s, Margaret’s, and Isabella’s mother; John’s, Peter’s, and Frank’s books.
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