Editing Nisse (folklore) (section)

===English translations===
The term ''nisse'' in the native Norwegian is retained in Pat Shaw Iversen's English translation (1960), appended with the parenthetical remark that it is a [[household spirit]].{{sfnp|Christiansen|2016|p=137}} 

Various English language publications also introduce the ''nisse'' as an "elf" or "gnome".{{Refn|e.g., Crump's ''Christmas Encyclopedia'' (2022).<ref name="crump2022"/>}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|As a point of reference, the 19th century Norwegian linguist [[Knud Knudsen (linguist)|Knud Knudsen]] glosses the "gnome" in the vaguest sense has been glossed variously as ''nisse'' or ''vaette'' ([[wight]]), ''[[wikt:tuss|tus]]'' (giant).<ref name="knudsen1880-gnome"/>}}

In the past, {{illm|Hans Lien Brækstad|no|lt=H. L. Braekstad}} (1881) chose to substitute ''nisse'' with "[[Brownie (folklore)|brownie]]".<ref name=asbjornsen-NFHE-gammeldags-juleaften/><ref name=asbjornsen-NFHE-aftenstund/> {{illm|John Brynildsen|no|lt=Brynildsen}}'s dictionary (1927) glossed ''nisse'' as '[[goblin]]' or '[[hobgoblin]]'.<ref name=brynildsen-nisse/>

In the English editions of the [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s fairy tales the [[Danish language|Danish]] word {{lang|da|nisse}} has been translated as 'goblin', for example, in the tale "[[The Goblin and the Grocer|The Goblin at the Grocer's]]".<ref name="binding-nisse"/>