Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Goblin

Goblin , noun

[Old English gobelin, French gobelin, Late Latin gobelinus, from Greek {not transcribed} knave, a mischievous goblin; or compare German kobold, English kobold, cobalt, Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin.]

An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. — Milton