A "troll" is actually not "an ugly & evil giant" in folklore. A troll is a wight that you can summon that you can summon or control via chanting. Ghosts, shadows, wraiths, living-dead, etc, are examples of trolls.
The "ugly & evil giant" of European folklore is the ettin. But that is a metaphor...
Troll translates as "(sorcerous) song" or even "spell". Sorcery in Norwegian is still called "Trolldom".
A "spell" is called "fortryllelse". To perform sorcery is "trylle".
Trylle = "to troll"
Ettin translates as "hungry" or "big eater"
"Magic wand" in english
"Troll rod/trolling rod" in Swedish (Trollspö)
Legitimate direct translation of "sorcery" or "magic" from Swedish: Trolling
Source : Mythic Fantasy Role-playing Game (MYFAROG) Twitter
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