dwarvess

dwarvess (plural dwarvesses)

1. Rare form of dwarfess.
   • 1976, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “[The Text of Faust] Part II”, in Walter W[erner] Arndt, transl., edited by Cyrus Hamlin, Faust: A Tragedy: Backgrounds and Sources, the Author on the Drama, Contemporary Reactions, Modern Criticism, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., →ISBN, lines 7614–7617, page 192:

     Dwarf and dwarvess, quick and steady, / Exemplary couples all, / Hard to say if things already / Worked like this before the Fall.

   • 1986, Peter McBride, “The Darkness Rises”, in Jewels of Darkness (game manual), Level 9 Computing, section 12:

     It's all about how a warrior is torn between love for a dwarvess and love of gold.

   • 1997, Realms of Arkania Trilogy (game manual), Sir-tech Software, Inc., page 33:

     The twelve character classes are: / Jester/She-Jester / Hunter/Huntress / Warrior/She-Warrior / Rogue/She-Rogue / Thorwalian / Dwarf/Dwarvess / Warlock/Witch / Druid/Druidess / Magician/Magicienne / Green Elf / Silvan Elf / Male/Female Ice Elf

   • 2002, K S Mulholland, “The Fate of the Daræ”, in Varlarsaga, volume 2 (Recovery), Sanford, N.C.: Cook Communication, →ISBN, Bib ID 7253752, page 246:

     Be that as it may, the dwarvess and the living treasure that she bore slipped from all knowledge and vanished without trace.

   • 2005, A. A. Wolfner (pen name; Alan Vekich; Art Kessner), Ivory Sword: The Lore of DayONE, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, LLLP, →ISBN, pages 228, 384, and 385:

     “That story, I remember, had an interesting effect on a particular young Dwarvess at the next table, and…” […] Suddenly he noticed fire behind them, and heard screams of battle, the shrieks of a dying Dwarvess, and children screaming in fear. […] “Of course it’s been done,” the Dwarvess was saying.