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  • The popular belief still retains memory of this wild legend, which, connected as it is with the site of a Danish sepulchre, may have arisen from some legend concerning the northern Duergar, who resided in the rocks, and were cunning workers in steel and iron.

    Kenilworth 2004

  • The Duergar hadn't been entirely happy, but since it had the treat, it couldn't trick.

    Blood Lines Huff, Tanya 1993

  • Such as it was, the popular system of the Celts easily received the northern admixture of Drows and Duergar, which gave the belief, perhaps, a darker colouring than originally belonged to the British fairyland.

    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft 1885

  • This jealousy was also an attribute of the northern Duergar, or dwarfs; to many of whose distinctions the fairies seem so have succeeded, if, indeed, they are not the same class of beings.

    The Lady of the Lake 1810

  • Duergar, or dwarfs; to many of whose distinctions the fairies seem so have succeeded, if, indeed, they are not the same class of beings.

    The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801

  • The popular belief still retains memory of this wild legend, which, connected as it is with the site of a Danish sepulchre, may have arisen from some legend concerning the northern Duergar, who resided in the rocks, and were cunning workers in steel and iron.

    Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801

  • Such as it was, the popular system of the Celts easily received the northern admixture of Drows and Duergar, which gave the belief, perhaps,

    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Walter Scott 1801

  • I am playing in a party with Chaotic Evil Duergar Barbarian/Frenzied Berserker, and I don't really care if I do manage to hit him, as he will turn on me as soon as he fells our enemies.

    D / RPG News Duke Arioch 2010

  • {f: 34} The Duergar, or Dwarf-elves, of Scandinavia are famous for the dexterity with which they fabricate ornaments of every kind, from the gold which they dig out of the depths of the hills.

    Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces George Henry Borrow 1842

  • "Nay, I make no doubt but Fairies are derived from the _Duergar_, or

    Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

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