dwarfin

From dwarf +‎ -in, after elfin.

dwarfin (comparative more dwarfin, superlative most dwarfin)

1. (mythology) Of, relating to, or resembling dwarves.
   • 1981, Mike Carr, Dungeon Module B1: In Search of the Unknown (Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR Hobbies, Inc., →ISBN, pages 11 and 16:

     12 [Contents] Blood [Possible Types] Human, orcish, dwarfin, elfin, dragon, halfling […] On the east wall is a dwarfin skeleton, suspended from a pair of irons near the ceiling, giving the entire chamber a macabre presence.

   • 2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92:

     “You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer. “Ahm… You are dwarfin, pretty miss? I mean, well, you dress dwarfin, but you don’t look it.”

   • 2012, Walter Moers, translated by John Brownjohn, “All in Gothic”, in The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books (A Novel from Zamonia; 6), New York, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, →ISBN, page 67:

     ‘We walk?’ asked the gnome, rustling his sheets encouragingly. I thought for a moment. Not a bad deal, actually. A smart idea for conveying information at an acceptable price. Or would it be too embarrassing to walk the streets with a gabbling dwarfin tow?

dwarfin (plural dwarfins)

1. (mythology, rare) A dwarf.
   • 1801, W. B., “Hialmar and Hyrinda”, in Joshua Edkins, editor, A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands, Dublin: […] [F]or the editor, by Graisberry & Co., →OCLC, page 37:

     Late I ſaw beſide the * banquet, / A new couch in Odin’s hall; / Arms unclaim’d, the Dwarfins’ labour, / Hung againſt the gilded wall.

     * Departed heroes were invited by Odin to reſide with him in the Val Halla, or hall of the ſlain. Each had there his couch at the banquet, he had alſo arms, which were forged for him by the Duergar, or Dwarfins, minute ſubterranean beings, for the purpoſe expreſſed below.

   • 2011, Dennis A. Pearson, “Julian and Papa Fairy”, in The Enchantment of Dandelion Acres: A Fairytale, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, →ISBN, page 69:

     The Dwarfins are a culture of Elfins that are small in stature and live in the mountainous regions.

   • 2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Play Dumb”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 70:

     “For one night. I hope that’s acceptable.” / “It is to me. But it be unusual to let dwarves here.” Looking at Aram he said. “Biggest dwarfin ever I seen.”