Hindfell

[ hind-fuhl ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hindfell¹

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

Example Sentences

So I came to the head of Hindfell and the ruddy shields and white, And the wall of the wildfire wavering around the isle of night; And there the Sleep-thorn pierced me, and the slumber on me fell, And the night of nameless sorrows that hath no tale to tell.

From Project Gutenberg

But forth a little further and a little further on And all is calm about him, and he sees the scorched earth wan Beneath a glimmering twilight, and he turns his conquering eyes, And a ring of pale slaked ashes on the side of Hindfell lies; And the world of the waste is beyond it; and all is hushed and grey, And the new-risen moon is a-paleing, and the stars grow faint with day.

From Project Gutenberg

Piled high aloft to the heavens uprose that battle-wall, And far o'er the topmost shield-rim for a banner of fame there hung A glorious golden buckler; and against the staff it rung As the earliest wind of dawning uprose on Hindfell's face And the light from the yellowing east beamed soft on the shielded place.

From Project Gutenberg

On parting from her he receives back from Brynhild his own ring given to her at Hindfell in the days of their bliss.

From Project Gutenberg

Tasting of the blood of the dragon, he understands the language of birds, and an eagle tells him of a beautiful maiden lying asleep on a rock called Hindfell, surrounded by a wall of wavering fire.

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