goblin

peikko, menninkäinen various Various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially puhekieltä a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid.
1872, w:George MacDonald|George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e749AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50&dq=%22goblin%22%7C%22goblins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O8OWU6eiIMqhkwXB1oDABg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22goblin%22%7C%22goblins%22&f=false page 50,

"(..)If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here," said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, "he would have been through; but he's a couple of yards past it now, and if he follow the lode it will be a week before it leads him in.(..)"

At last the goblins had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.

The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield.

The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.

I shall send another entourage of goblins back here to Desput with the goblins’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other goblin.