Editing Nisse (folklore) (section)

===Additional synonyms===
Faye also gives Dano-Norwegian forms {{lang|da|toft-vætte}} or {{lang|da|tomte-vætte}}.<ref name="faye-anmærkning-p045">{{harvp|Faye|1833|p=45–47}}; tr. {{harvp|Thorpe|1851|p=118}}</ref> These are echoed by the Swedish {{lang|sv|{{linktext|vätte}}}}, Norwegian Nynorsk {{lang|nn|{{linktext|vette}}}}.

Norwegian {{lang|no|gardvord}} (cf. {{lang|non|{{linktext|vörðr}}}}) is a synonym for ''nisse'',<ref name=falk&torp-nisse/><ref name=aasen-gardvord/>{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|Or synonymous with {{lang|no|tunkall}}, as Christiansen comments,{{sfnp|Christiansen|2016|p=143}} but this concerns the tale "The ''Gardvord'' Beats up the ''Troll''" collected by Ivar Aasen, and Aasen's dictionary glosses ''gardvord'' as 'nisse, vætte', as a thing believed to reside on the farm ({{langx|da|gård}}).<ref name=aasen-gardvord/>}} or has become conflated with it.{{sfnp|Bringsværd|1970|p=89}} Likewise {{lang|no|'''tunvord''', "courtyard/farmstead guardian"}} is a synonym.<ref name="falk&torp-nisse"/> Also the '''{{lang|no|gårdbo}}''' ("farmyard-dweller"),<ref name="eichberg2018"/><ref>ordnet.dk s.v. "{{URL|1=https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=g%C3%A5rdbo |2=gårdbo}}"</ref>{{Refn|Faye gives ''gardbo''<ref name="faye-anmærkning-p045"/>}} 

Other synonyms are Norwegian {{lang|no|god bonde}} ("good farmer"),<ref name="hellquist-dict-tomte">[[Elof Hellquist|Hellquist, Elof ]] (1922) ''Svensk etymologisk ordbok'' s.v. "{{URL|1=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jsv5E6VApfUC&pg=PA988 |2=Tomte}}", p. 988.</ref> Danish {{lang|da|god dreng}} ("good lad").<ref name="hellquist-dict-tomte"/> Also Danish {{lang|da|gårdbuk}} ("farm buck") and {{lang|da|husbuk}} ("housebuck") where buck could mean billygoat or ram.<ref name="eichberg2018"/>{{Refn|Mannhardt<ref name="mannhardt1868"/> citing {{harvp|Grundtvig|1854|loc='''1''': 155, 126, 142}}.}}<ref name="atkinson1865"/>

Regionally in [[Uppland]] Sweden is {{lang|sv|gårdsrå}} ("yard-spirit"), which being a ''[[rå]]'' often takes on a female form, which might relate to Western Norwegian {{lang|no|garvor}} (gardvord).{{sfnp|Olrik|Ellekilde|1926|p=307}}

In the confines of Klepsland in [[Evje]], [[Setesdal]], Norway they spoke of {{lang|no|fjøsnisse}} ("barn gnome").{{sfnp|Olrik|Ellekilde|1926|p=304}}

====Near synonyms====
{{Also|#Parallels}}
Some commentators have equated or closely connected the ''tomte/nisse'' to the {{lang|sv|haugbonde}} (<{{langx|non|haubúi}} "mound dweller").{{Refn|Kveldúlf Gundarsson ([[Stephan Grundy]])<ref name="gundarsson2021"/> citing Feilberg<ref name="feilberg1904"/>}}{{Refn|{{harvp|Simpson|1994|p=173}} citing [[Andreas Faye]] (1833) {{URL|1=https://books.google.com/books?id=RitXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA42 |2=Norske Sagn}}, pp. 42–45, though this seems wanting, except for "Haug børnene (mound children)" on p. 37).}} However there is caution expressed by linguist Oddrun Grønvik against completely equating the ''tomte/nissse'' with the mound dwellers of lore, called the {{lang|no|haugkall}} or {{lang|no|haugebonde}} (from the [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|haugr}} 'mound'),{{sfnp|Grønvik, Oddrun|1997|p=154}} although the latter has become indistinguishable with ''{{lang|no|tuss}}'', as evident from the form ''{{lang|no|haugtuss}}''.{{sfnp|Grønvik, Oddrun|1997|p=154}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|A different opinion comes from SF writer and academic [[Tor Åge Bringsværd]] who includes ''tusse'' among the synonyms for ''nisse''.<ref>{{harvp|Bringsværd|1970|p=89}}. "the nisse, also known under the name of tusse, tuftebonde, tuftekall, tomte and gobonde".</ref>}}

The ''haugbonde'' is said to be the ghost of  the first inhabitant of the farmstead, he who cleared the {{lang|sv|tomt}} (house lot), who subsequently becomes its guardian.{{sfnp|Lecouteux|2015|p=PT151}} This ''haugbonde'' has also connected with the Danish/Norwegian {{lang|no|tuntræt}} (modern spelling: {{lang|no|tuntre}}, "farm tree") or in Swedish {{lang|sv|{{illm|vårdträd|sv|lt=vårdträd}}}} ("ward tree") cult<ref name="feilberg1904"/><ref name="gundarsson2021"/>{{sfnp|Lecouteux|2015|p=PT151}} (Cf. {{section link||Origin theories}}).

Another near synonym is the {{lang|da|drage-dukke}}, where ''dukke'' denotes a "dragger" or "drawer, puller" (of luck or goods delivered to the beneficiary human), which is distinguishable from a ''nisse'' since it is considered not to haunt a specific household.<ref name="atkinson1865"/>