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Karen wrote:

> Joseph Michael Bay wrote:
>
> > Also *technically* the proper use of "trolling" is that you
> > troll a bait, and troll *for* fish.  So properly you would
> > say "I'm trolling for n00bs" or "I'm trolling this obvious
> > mispeling to get pedants" but not "you have been trolled",
> > which is a good case for not insisting on proper usage.
>
> How did trawling turn into trolling and how was the troll (as in gnome)
> named after trolling?
>
> Karen

American Heritage Dictionary:
troll 1
verb: trolled, trolling, trolls.
transitive verb.
1.To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat.
2.To trail (a baited line) in fishing.
3.To sing in succession the parts of (a round, for example).
4.To sing heartily: troll a carol.
5.To roll or revolve.
intransitive verb.
1.To fish by trailing a line, as from a moving boat.
2.To sing heartily or gaily.
3.To roll or spin around.
4.To wander about; ramble.
noun.
1.A vocal composition in successive parts; round.
2.The act of trolling for fish.
3.A lure that is used for trolling, as a spoon or spinner.
[Middle English trollen, to wander about.]
troller noun
troll 2
noun.
A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore variously portrayed as a
friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills,
or under bridges.
[Norwegian < Old Norse.]


I don't see anything about gnomes mentioned.....in fact....

American Heritage Dictionary:
gnome 1
noun.
1.One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground and guard
treasure hoards.
2.A shriveled old man.
[French < New Latin gnomus.]
gnomish adjective
gnome 2
noun.
A pithy saying that expresses a general truth or fundamental principle;
aphorism.
[Greek gnome < gignoskein, to know.]
gno-
Indo-European Root.
To know. Contracted from *gno<{SW}>-.
1.Variant form *gne- in Germanic *kne(w)- in Old English cnawan, to know: KNOW.
2.Zero-grade form *gn<{SW}>- in:
a.Germanic *kunnan in Old English cunnan, to know, know how to, be able to (Old
English first and third singular can from Germanic *kann from o-grade
*gon<{SW}>-): CAN, CON, CUNNING;
b.Germanic causative verb *kannjan, to make known, in Old English cennan, to
declare, and Old Norse kenna, to name (in a formal poetic metaphor): KEN,
KENNING;
c.Germanic *kunthaz in Old English cuth, known, well-known, usual, excellent,
familiar: (COUTH); UNCOUTH;
d.Germanic *kunthitho in Old English cyth(the), cyththu, knowledge,
acquaintance, friendship, kinfolk: KITH.
3.Suffixed form *gno-sko- in Latin (g)noscere, cognoscere, to get to know, get
acquainted with: NOTICE, NOTIFY, NOTION, NOTORIOUS; (ACQUAINT), COGNITION,
(COGNIZANCE), (CONNOISSEUR), (QUAINT), RECOGNIZE.
4.Suffixed form *gno-ro- in Latin ignorare, not to know, to disregard (i- for
in-, not; see ne): IGNORANT, IGNORE.
5.Suffixed form *gno-dhli- in Latin nobilis, knowable, known, famous, noble:
NOBLE.
6.Reduplicated and suffixed form *gi-gno-sko- in Greek gignoskein, to know,
think, judge (and *gno- in gnomon, a judge, interpreter): GNOME, GNOMON, GNOSIS;
AGNOSIA, DIAGNOSIS, PATHOGNOMIC, PHYSIOGNOMY, PROGNOSIS.
7.Suffixed zero-grade form *gn<{SW}>-ro- in Latin gnarus, knowing, expert,
whence narrare (< *gnarrare), to tell, relate: NARRATE.
8.Traditionally but improbably referred here are:
a.Latin nota, a mark, note, sign, cipher, shorthand character: NOTE; ANNOTATE,
CONNOTE, PROTHONOTARY;
b.Latin norma, carpenter's square, rule, pattern, precept: NORM, NORMA, NORMAL;
ABNORMAL, ENORMOUS.
[Pokorny: 2. gen- 376.]