The story
- Old English · derived fromhop“small, enclosed valley”
- Old Norse · derived fromtrǫll“supernatural being, imp”
- English todayTrollope
Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from Old Norse trǫll (“supernatural being, imp”) + Old English hop (“small, enclosed valley”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsetrǫll all →
drowtrow
Old Englishhop all →
hopehoopHopwoodHoptonBlenkinsopp
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.