Hindfell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Hindfell
< Old Norse Hindarfjall mountain of the hinds, equivalent to hindar, plural of hind hind 2 + fjall mountain ( cf. fell 5)
Example Sentences
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The mind can think of little matters only: His heart speeds back to Hindfell, and the dawn of the wakening day; And the hours betwixt are as nothing, and their deeds are fallen away.
From The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature by Conrad Hjalmar Nordby
The pair live together on Hindfell for a season and Brynhild teaches the youth the runes of her wisdom, a conception of woman's refining and civilising mission frequently met with in old Germanic tales.
From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by William Morris
In the old stories of the Niblungs and the Volsungs Odin has pricked the shield-maid Brynhild with a sleep-thorn, and thus condemned her to sleep within the shield-burg on Hindfell.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Edwin Sidney Hartland
Let us look at the art of Morris as it is shown in telling "How Sigurd awoke Brynhild upon Hindfell."
From The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature by Conrad Hjalmar Nordby
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 Willy Pogany
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