huldre

or hul·der

[ hool-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

Origin of huldre¹

< Old Norse Huld name of a witch, probably akin to hulda secrecy, hiding, derivative from base of hel; hell, hull ¹

She is mischievous and ugly, not like the beautiful green-dressed Huldre.

Thou know'st the Huldre will come and throw stones in at the cows.

The man was invisible, for what he had found was a huldre hat.

Then he asked her whether she was the huldre or not, but she only laughed at him.

Then the huldre laughed till it seemed to the lad the mountains sang again.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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