nisses

Fairies, elves, water-sprites, and nisses or brownies, have constantly required mortal assistance in the nursing of fairy children.

Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Frank Sidgwick

In the stories of the North lands of Europe, as we are told in the Eddas and Sagas (the songs and records), there are likewise many wonderful beings -- the Trolls, the Frost Giants, curious dwarfs, elves, nisses, mermen and mermaids, and swan-maidens and the like.

Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland John Thackray Bunce 1863

Here the Scandinavian countries -- Norway, Sweden, and Denmark -- are wonderfully rich in dwarfs, and giants, and trolls, and necks, and nisses, and other inhabitants of

Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland John Thackray Bunce 1863