Green’s Dictionary of Slang

troll and troll by n.

[? troll v. (1)]

(UK Und.) one who is esteemed by no one and esteems no one.

[UK]Awdeley Fraternitye of Vacabondes in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 12: Troll and Trol by, is he that setteth naught by no man, nor no man by him. This is he that would beare rule in a place, and hath none authority nor thanke, & at last is thrust out of the doore like a knaue.