In Danish #A# the ship is stopped by a sea-troll that lay on the bottom.
It certainly looks officious of a heathentroll to be arresting sinners.
Nobody knew who his mother was, but many were of the mind that Galin might have had him of a "goddess," an elf or troll woman, who lived under the mill force.
For while the troll was on the roof of the church, Olof called out to him, 'Wind and Weather, hi!
Meanwhile, the troll was beating at Sir Owen with the staff of iron, which, for all its weight and size, he wielded as if it was no more than a stout cudgel.
Then the two others leaped towards him, but the blows of the bar and club he caught upon his shield and slew the troll with the club.
In his rage he beat Tod the dwarf such a blow, that the poor troll fell senseless to the ground; and the troll-wife he kicked, so that she was dashed among the dogs, who bit her.
But he clasped the blue stone which the troll Decet had given him, and naught could hurt him.
Swiftly Sir Owen leaped from his horse and drew his sword, and while the troll was rising he dashed at him and wounded him.
When he reached the fountain where a silver cup hung by a silver chain, he filled the cup with water, as the troll had bidden him, and threw it over a pillar of stone that was set beside the fountain.
Then into the hall came a troll, and after the troll came a knight dressed all in white armour, who, going towards the king, knelt at his feet.
But next moment the troll was up, his dark narrow face terrible with rage, for the blood ran down the deer-skin tunic which half covered him.
And I guessed it was the voice of a trollor moundman whom I could not see, who lived in the hillock, and I wonder I did not go mad with the shame of his derision.
He dashed with his lance at the one with the iron bar, but the hill-troll slipped away, and brought the great bar with a heavy blow upon his lance, so that it snapped in twain.
Suddenly the quick movements of the little troll ceased, and he staggered.
Whereupon the troll showed him the way and gave him certain directions, and then said: 'Chieftain, thou wilt conquer in all thy fighting, and great honour and reward shall be thine.
With the master words which move the living rock, the troll caused the stone to open, and Elined stepped forth, exceeding glad to see Sir Owen and her brother again, and to feel the free air upon her cheeks.
X In the cavern, with his offspring, Atta Troll lies, and he slumbers With the snoring of the righteous; But at last he wakes up yawning.
Atta Troll and his good lady, Whom the people call black Mumma, Are the dancers; the Biscayans Shout aloud in admiration.
With his mother he took counsel, Using secret signs as language, How might Atta Troll be tempted, How he might be put to death.
Therefore do not make wry faces, Gentle reader, if the cave of Atta Trollshould not remind you Of the spices of Arabia.
Many solos did the Cantor troll forth, to which the congregation listened in silent rapture.
And, to make a long story short, this wicked old troll was not a troll at all, but a fairy-godmother, who had taken the form for good purposes.
Now this wicked troll was not so hideous as the trolls we see in our fairy-books--I must say that--but he was so wicked that even this deficiency could not excuse him.
Once upon a time--you see that I am conventional--there lived a beautiful young princess, on whom a wicked old troll had cast an evil eye.
Then blame yourself for what happens," said the troll woman; and with that she hopped, crow fashion, down the mountain.
Sikku, observing the woman closely and recognizing her as the troll woman from Allis Farm.
He looked at the wheaten roll, he looked at the pretty little troll maiden and had to bite his tongue to keep from instantly answering yes.
But the troll maiden laughed and that offended Sikku, and he answered: "Indeed I will not.
The troll didn't notice the sudden look of surprise on her face.
The troll looks almost human, except for two horns that rise from his shaggy head, bristly-wire whiskers, bumpy nose, long pointed ears and no teeth.
The troll whirls around, sees us, and snatches up his club.
Not having anything to hit us with, thetroll backs away.
To add to our problem, a troll is watching the princess to make certain that she works every minute and does not try to escape.
Peering in, we see the troll in the half-darkness of the far side, sound asleep.
The troll doesn't know which of us will strike at him first.
Well, presently the Trolland all the Troll folk from over the Mountain came trooping in.
Olli, too, pretended to fall asleep and when he was sure that none of the Troll girls were still awake he got up and quietly changed the caps.
At dawn the Troll went down to the water and hallooed across: "Olli!
He put the white caps on himself and his brothers and the red caps on the Troll girls.
Then he went back to bed with the old Troll wife and Olli could hear them both chuckling and laughing.
The next morning the Troll hallooed across the Bay: "Olli!
He hid until night and, when the Troll and his wife were asleep, he cut a hole through the side of the house through which he reached in his hand to get the bell.
So the Troll went out to invite to the feast the Troll folk who lived on the other side of the Mountain and Olli was left alone with the Troll wife.
He made no resistance while the Troll dragged him into the house.
Then he filled a sack with straw and dressed the sack up in some of the old Troll wife's clothes.
So the old Troll wife lay down on the bed and Olli sat quietly in front of the oven.
Esbern Snare; And Troll and pillar vanished in air!
That night the harvesters heard the sound Of a woman sobbing underground, And the voice of the Hill-Troll loud with blame Of the careless singer who told his name.
But fast as she prayed, and faster still, Hammered the Troll in Ulshoi hill.
Of the Troll of the Church they sing the rune By the Northern Sea in the harvest moon; And the fishers of Zealand hear him still Scolding his wife in Ulshoi hill.
The Trollhe heard him, and hurried on To Kallundborg church with the lacking stone.
And off he strode, in his pride of will, To the Troll who dwelt in Ulshoi hill.
He knew, as he wrought, that a loving heart Was somehow baffling his evil art; For more than spell of Elf or Troll Is a maiden's prayer for her lover's soul.
In thine eyes ere mine are plucked away; Let me hold thee close, let me feel thy heart Ere mine by the Troll is torn apart!
By night and by day the Troll wrought on; He hewed the timbers, he piled the stone; But day by day, as the walls rose fair, Darker and sadder grew Esbern Snare.
And now the church was wellnigh done; One pillar it lacked, and one alone; And the grim Troll muttered, "Fool thou art!
Let one of us fish from the shore for bass, while the two others in the canoe troll for pickerel.
Or troll for pickerel in the lake Mr. Melton was telling us about," amended Bert.
If the Troll Master finds us here when he returns, it will be short shrift for both of us.
If the Troll Master finds you here when he returns he will surely take your life, and that must not be.
The Troll said, ‘You suffer, old boss, from the blues.
The Troll and the Mountain Dedicated to the Great Said the Troll to the Mountain, ‘Old fellow, how goes it?
The troll gathered his carrot tops and his bean roots, and laid them away carefully for the winter.
But when they had sprouted and grown, up through the hill came the troll with a little scythe over his shoulder and cut all the potato tops, taking them home with him.
Ordinarily a troll who selects a quiet place like a farm for his home is a peacefully inclined little man.
When a troll gets into mischief about a place, it is a sure sign that something has been done to displease him.
When the corn was ripe the troll did not appear at all.
A troll is at the bottom of this," said the farmer's wife, and to prove it she led him to the dairy.
The Troll came crouching at his feet and wept for lack of it.
The Dwarf obeyed; and youth and Troll down, the long stair-way passed, And saw in dim and sunless light a country strange and vast.
She was standing on theTroll Rock looking seaward.
But when they reached theTroll Rock Jan had disappeared.
Very early in them Lynne told Jan how he had once seen his wife standing on the Troll Rock at sunset, "lovely, and grand, and melancholy, as some forsaken goddess in her desolated shrine.
Let them think I am at the bottom of the Troll Rock--for God's sake.
Skager's other ground was two miles in an opposite direction under the Troll Rock, and not far from Peter Fae's house.
Good for thee is it that theTroll Rock hasn't a tongue!
He fully trusted Hamish, but he thought it well to say to him: "We will speak to no one of our row to the Troll Rock, Hamish.
As for me, I will loose my boat, and I will sail about the bay, and round by the Troll Rock, and I will think of these things only.
Seeing the troll was dead, Rend came down from the tree and led the Princess back to the palace, after having made her swear a third time to proclaim him as her deliverer.
At the same time the troll appeared, making a noise like thunder.
As he reached the shore he saw the troll approaching.
The troll then threw a bar of iron at Lillekort, which, falling on the ground, raised a pile of sand and dust.
Now when the party was seen and reported to Katla, and it was said that they were thirteen in number, and one had on a coloured dress, Katla exclaimed, 'That troll Geirrid is come!
One day he went out in the forest to fell a tree, but had forgot to cross himself and say his paternoster, so that some troll or wolf-witch (varga mor) obtained power over him and transformed him into a wolf.
In the Hrolfs Saga Kraka, we meet with a troll in boar's shape, to whom divine honours are paid; and in the Kjalnessinga Saga, c.
I'm turning into a regular old troll now--but I can't help myself.
But there is nothing of the troll about me now I have married Mrs. Solness.
Herdal, I believe there is a bit of the troll left in you still!
He could sing scores of songs, in half a dozen languages, and would sit down to the piano and troll them off in a rich manly voice.
The troll said he would do this if Ashiepattle would draw some water from the well.
But his axe had hardly struck the first tree when the troll appeared before him.
And it is scarcely to be wondered at, for the troll was an immense, fierce-looking creature.
So Ashiepattle went with the troll to his home in the forest.
The water was brought, and a great kettleful of porridge was soon ready to eat, so the troll and the boy sat down together at the table.
Ashiepattle then took his knife and cut a hole in it, while the trollwatched him in wonder.
When the troll was not looking, he seized the bag in which he had kept the cheese, and, fastening it in front of him, he slipped most of the porridge he received into that, instead of his mouth.
The troll did as he was told, and you may guess what happened.
It would have made you laugh to see that little fellow talking to the big giant in this way; but the troll was a coward, as all big blusterers are, and somehow Ashiepattle felt it.
When night came the troll proposed that Ashiepattle should go home with him to supper.
Many great trees were laid low; for the trollhad wonderful strength in his big arms, and he showed himself a fine helper.
But he had no sooner begun his work upon a big tree, than a troll suddenly appeared at his side.
When I was a boy no troll was ever able to scare me away from my work.
Coming back to the place where the troll stood, he squeezed his cheese with all his might.
Then she went on to tell how her lover had brought her the golden ball too; how it happened, neither she nor the Troll could tell.
Now the troll begged so prettily for his life, that Boots thought it was a shame to take it, but first he had to give up the princess, and to bring back the other whom he had stolen before.
But Boots was not slow, for he caught the troll and laid him on a stake that had thyme twisted round it, and there he had to be till he told him where he had got eyes from after those had been hacked out with the hemp-comb.
When the princess had been with the Troll a little while, and it began to grow towards dawn, she set off home again, and the companion got up behind her on the goat, and they got back fast and safe.
Yes, he should have a horse, the troll said, and off they went to the stable.
So the troll had to leave the fish in peace, but now the sheep had to pay for it, for the troll was chasing them over all the cliffs and crags the whole night.
Now the Troll thought the weather was so wild, he went right home with the princess up to the king's grange, and stood outside to see that she got home safe and well.
And when they came back to theTroll who had the horse, they took both it and the grandest bit; and when they got to the Troll who owned the linden and the bird, they took both the linden and the bird, and set off with them.
Just then there came out of the hill a Troll with seven heads, and began to munch and eat his food.
One evening the troll was to come and fetch the princess, and she was dressed out in her best, and sat in a field out by the tarn, and wept and bewailed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "troll" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
