hill-troll
hill-troll noun: a troll that lives in or under a hill.
Noun
hill-troll (plural hill-trolls)
- A troll that lives in or under a hill.
- There is a hill on the lands of Skjelverod near Bingsted called Kirsten's-hill (Kirsten's Bjerg). In it there lived a Hill-troll whose name was Skynd, who had from time to time stolen no less than three wives from a man in the village of Englerup.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 198
- "What shall I do now? he said. As soon as the king had had time to consider, he told him that he must go the hill-troll, who had taken his grandfather's sword.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101
Forms of hill-troll
| plural | hill-trolls |
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Origin of hill-troll
From hill + troll. Compare Danish bjergtrolde.
Questions about hill-troll
- What does hill-troll mean?
- Hill-troll means a troll that lives in or under a hill.
- What part of speech is hill-troll?
- Hill-troll is a noun.
- What is the plural of hill-troll?
- The plural of hill-troll is hill-trolls.
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