Note 165 — DWARFS OR TROLLS
Reading edition
Niebuhr, speaking of the Celsi Ramnes, says, "With us the salutation of blood relations was Willkommen stolze Vetter (Welcome, proud cousins) and in the Danish ballads, proud (stolt) is a noble appellation of a maiden."—Römische Geschichte, 2d edit. vol. i. p. 316.