hulder
- a variation of huldre.
Example Sentences
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The one that had to be played quietly, with the bow moving lightly over the strings, was the hulder in yonder fog, calling together her cattle, where no one but herself could see.
From In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)
"I am Marit, mother's young one, father's fiddle, the hulder of the house, granddaughter to Ola Nordistuen of the Heidegards, four years old in the autumn, two days after the frost nights—I am!"
From A Happy Boy by Anderson, Rasmus Björn
