The term dwarf (from Old English dweorg, dweorh; akin to Old High German twerc) may refer to: A dwarf is a short humanoid creature in Norse mythology as well as other Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... The term Old High German (OHG, German: Althochdeutsch) refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. ...

• a dwarf in fantasy fiction:
  • C. S. Lewis' Dwarfs from The Chronicles of Narnia, especially in Prince Caspian, but also elsewhere passim
  • Terry Pratchett's Dwarfs of the Discworld
  • J. R. R. Tolkien's Dwarves of Middle-earth
  • Christopher Paolini's Dwarves
  • Dwarves of Dungeons & Dragons
  • Dwarves, of the Warcraft Universe
• a creature in Norse mythology, specifically:
  • Norse dwarves
  • Svartalfar
• someone with the condition of dwarfism
• the novel The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist
• a dwarf plant
• a form of size classification in astronomy, for instance:
  • a dwarf star such as a main sequence dwarf, subdwarf, black dwarf, brown dwarf, red dwarf, or white dwarf
  • a dwarf galaxy
• dwarfing (a horticultural term)
• a type of small rabbit
• Debug With Arbitrary Record Format
• PYGMIES + DWARFS arguments

The plural form dwarves may refer to: // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... C.S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898–22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, and by his friends as Jack, was an Irish author and scholar of mixed Irish, English, and Welsh ancestry. ... The Chronicles of Narnia or Narnia Heptalogy is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C.S. Lewis. ... Prince Caspian is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... Dwarfs in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth, which they largely started out pastiching, and dwarfs/dwarves in other fantasy novels. ... The Discworld is the setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. ... The Dwarves of J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth are beings of short stature who all possess beards, and are often friendly with Hobbits although long suspicious of Elves. ... A map of the Northwestern part of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda. ... Christopher Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is the author of the Inheritance trilogy. ... Alaga sia is a literary fantasy world in which the Inheritance trilogy takes place. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, dwarves are a humanoid race, one of the primary races available for play as player characters. ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ... Dwarves as seen in the World of Warcraft. ... The Warcraft Universe is the fictional universe in which the Warcraft series of computer games and announced movie are set. ... Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ... In Norse mythology, the dwarves (Old Norse: dvergar, sing. ... The Svartálfar (black elves) are mythical beings from Norse mythology. ... Dwarfism is a condition in which a person, animal or plant is much below the ordinary size of the species. ... The Dwarf (or, in the Swedish language original, Dvärgen) is a novel by Pär Lagerkvist from 1944. ... Pär Lagerkvist (May 23, 1891 – July 11, 1974) was a Swedish author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951. ... In horticulture dwarfing is considered a desirable characteristic in modern orchards, where genetic dwarfs may be selected and propagated, or more often, scions are grafted on to dwarfing rootstocks. ... Radio telescopes are among many different tools used by astronomers Astronomy (Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος, astronomia = astron + nomos, literally, law of the stars) is the science of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere (such as auroras and cosmic background radiation). ... The Pleiades star cluster A star is a massive, compact body of plasma in outer space that is currently producing or has produced energy through nuclear fusion. ... Hertzsprung-Russell diagram The main sequence of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is the curve where the majority of stars are located in this diagram. ... A subdwarf star, sometimes denoted by sd, is luminosity class VI under the Yerkes spectral classification system. ... A black dwarf is a theoretical astronomical object, constituting the remains of a Sun-sized star which has fused all of its original hydrogen and helium fuel to heavier elements such as carbon, oxygen and nitrogen and subsequently lost its remaining energy due to radiation. ... This brown dwarf (smaller object) orbits the star Gliese 229, which is located in the constellation Lepus about 19 light years from Earth. ... Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom that ran for eight series, from 1988 to 1999. ... White dwarf Sirius-B in x-rays A white dwarf is an astronomical object which is produced when a low or medium mass star dies. ... A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of up to several billion stars, a small number compared to our own Milky Ways 200-400 billion stars. ... In horticulture dwarfing is considered a desirable characteristic in modern orchards, where genetic dwarfs may be selected and propagated, or more often, scions are grafted on to dwarfing rootstocks. ... The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ... Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. ... A dwarf is a short humanoid creature in Norse mythology as well as other Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. ... PYGMIES + DWARFS arguments (the term is always capitalized as shown) are satirical references to a special subset of arguments employed by Creationists, particularly as these apply to evolution. ...

• Dwarves, a punk rock band.