Hindfell

American  

[hind-fuhl] / ˈhɪnd fəl /

noun

1. the mountain on whose fiery top Brynhild slept until awakened by Sigurd.

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Etymology

Origin of Hindfell

< Old Norse Hindarfjall mountain of the hinds, equivalent to hindar, plural of hind hind ² + fjall mountain ( fell ⁵ )

Example Sentences

A high hall is there Reared upon Hindfell, Without all around it Sweeps the red flame aloft.

From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William

All these he piled on the back of the good horse Grani, and then he rode south to Hindfell.

From The Red Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew

The fourth bird said: 'That let him do, and then ride over Hindfell, to the place where Brynhild sleeps.'

From The Red Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew

He came to a mountain-summit at last: Hindfell, where the trees fell away, leaving a place open to the sky and the winds.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy

So they started off for Hindfell, Gunnar and Högni and Sigurd.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy