The trolls alone have such treasures," said the King, "and only he who kills them can obtain possession of their riches.
He clapped with his icy hands until the sound echoed like thunder, causing the trolls to scream with joy, and the animals to howl with fear.
This they did from fear, not from love; for trollsand goblins hate the sun, and always hope that he will never return when they see him disappear at the end of summer.
At these words the animals shuddered, but the trolls and goblins were much pleased with them, and reiterated them gaily, shaking with laughter to such an extent that their tiny caps fell off their heads.
How fair she seemed among the Trollsso ugly and so wild!
Inside these hills, according to the stories of the common folk, are fine houses made of gold and crystal, full of gold and jewels, which the Trolls amuse themselves by counting.
And all the Trolls in the enchanted castle tried; but none of them could wash the shirt clean.
The people consulted a Saint as to what they were to do, and he told them to hang up a bell in the church steeple, which they did, and then the Trolls went away.
At a place called Ebeltoft the Trolls used to come and steal food out of the pantries.
Some of the Trolls are very stupid, and there are many stories as to how they have been outwitted.
This, so the old stories say, is because the god Thor used to fling his hammer at them; and since he left off doing that the Trolls have suffered a great deal from the ringing of church bells, which they very much dislike.
The big eyes will not suit either of them, and are rather to be regarded as an attribute of trolls and underground beings; gnomes and old fairy men have big, watery eyes.
This belongs to the same cycle of ideas as that of the dead rising from their graves or from the lower regions at night, but being obliged to go down again at dawn, or of trolls having to conceal themselves before the sun rises.
Not many trolls could get under those mounds we saw," I said.
And all the while Werbode had his eyes on Erling, whose gaunt form was clear against the sky as he sat still on his horse and watched the heath for the trolls to return on us.
I think that the trolls have all gone to the old lands where men yet believe in them; and seeing that we are on a good errand, your fiends should not dare come near us.
Then the old troll-hag flew into such a rage that she burst, and the Princess with the long nose and all the littletrolls must have burst too, for they have never been heard of since.
So the other trolls had to come and wash, but, the more they did, the blacker and uglier grew the shirt, until at length it was as black as if it had been up the chimney.
The trolls came forward and hospitably offered him a drink from a horn mounted in gold and ornamented with runes.
Ever since then, the peasants say that the trolls come on Christmas Eve to raise the largest piece of stone upon golden pillars, and to dance and feast beneath it.
The Peaks of the Trolls Naturally, traditions of the little folk abound everywhere throughout the North, and many places are associated with their memory.
These are but men, and not trolls as one might well think," I said, looking on those who lay before us.
The trolls were the demons of the Northern mythology.
Let us draw him inside this house, and then he will be safe till daylight--unless the trollscome back and we cannot hold this doorway till the sun rises.
As there are no Trolls in France, it is the devil who is deceived in the French version.
He was now safe; but the Trolls were so enraged, that, taking up a huge great stone, they flung it with such force against the gate, that it knocked four planks out of it.
However, when he drew near the village he was forced to ride out on the level road, and the Trolls now gained on him every minute.
Some have foolishly spoken to them, and wished them good evening, but they never got any other answer than that the Trolls hurried past them, saying, Mi!
In Ouröe, a little island close to Zealand, there is a hill whence the Trolls used to come down and supply themselves with provisions out of the farmers' pantries.
The Trolls have a great dislike to noise, probably from a recollection of the time when Thor used to be flinging his hammer after them; so that the hanging of bells in the churches has driven them almost all out of the country.
The man, in this case, took refuge in the church, and was there besieged by the Trolls till morning.
It is the general belief of the peasantry that there are now very few Trolls in the country, for the ringing of bells has driven them all away, they, like the Stille-folk of the Germans, delighting in quiet and silence.
The hill-folk that dwell in this mount are well known in all the villages round, and no one ever omits making a cross on his beer-barrels, for the Trolls are in the habit of slipping down from Hjulehöi to steal beer.
Usually it is taken for granted thattrolls will not attack the inmates of a house, and people feel perfectly safe so long as they do not venture out.
In some instances, however, it is possible for many trolls to enter one room of an ordinary dwelling house.
Trolls have always been regarded as detestable beings; and in drinking the blood of a troll, it might seem that one would acquire detestable qualities.
The trolls make their appearance as usual, and with the aid of a tame polar bear Per Gynt puts them to flight.
As a rule, it is impossible for human beings to cope with trolls except by outwitting them, which often is done.
In another type of troll story, however, people expect trolls to invade the house Christmas Eve and attack them; and to avoid injury, the inmates vacate the house for the night, before sunset.
There are trolls with three heads, with six heads, with nine heads, and with twelve heads.
When the Trolls came to the water, they lay down to drink it all up, and they gulped and gulped it down till they burst.
In the latter country, it is considered dangerous to let the fire go out until the child is baptized, for fear that the Trolls may substitute a changeling in its place.
That the Skrælings, from being originally living natives, should later have become trolls or brownies, is an idea that Storm among others seems to have entertained (cf.
It will be seen that here there is nothing left of the Skrælings' nature, but the usual Norse ideas of trolls and giants predominate.
We've come to this strange and distant land to rescue our Princess from a tribe of bread-and-rolls-loving Trolls who are so lazy they would not even bake the bread they need to feed themselves.
The Trolls know where we're heading, and they try to head us off.
The Trollstell strange tales about this forest,' the Princess whispers.
You see, theseTrolls are awake at night and sleep all day.
These Elves don't look fierce, as Trolls do, nor do they look like they would really want to fight with us, or with anyone.
When we see her, and what she's doing, we know why the Trolls took her away from the castle.
We know that the Trolls for whom we're searching make their homes in caves hidden among such boulders.
The Trolls were wrong to take the Princess away from the castle that is her home, and they have no right to keep her.
The trolls and giants of the Norse traditions are evidently but other forms of the common myth, notwithstanding the metamorphoses which they, in some respects, seem to have undergone.
Dasent speaks of thetrolls "as more systematically malignant than the giants, and with the term were bound up notions of sorcery and unholy power.
She then went up to one of the Trolls and pulled him gently by the sleeve.
Will you tell me where I am to find the Trolls of the Palace?
Terli had hold of me, and not an inch would he loosen his grip till I promised to let him see the wedding by getting the Wood-Trolls to stop up the Church Fountain.
The Bride's mother then repeated her question to the goat family, who denied any knowledge of the Trolls with a series of terrified bleats.
For a moment he stood, running through all he had learned about the trolls which infested these northlands.
Tertius was also clear, since you said there had been no company here in three years--yet are there many trolls in these lands, ergo even they cannot stomach our gentle hostess.
Maybe he can sing the trolls to sleep--" The wind came from the north with sleet on its back.
Tertius, ever among trollsyou are little liked, being one of the worst.
When Per Gynt entered the room the dairy-maids were well-nigh frightened to death; but when the trolls saw who had come they began to wail, and told Eldfoerkungen to make a fire.
So she told him that three trolls had wished them into the earth where they were; but that formerly they had dwelt in the castle he saw on the edge of the forest.
Since it was evidently intended for a large foot, all the trolls wanted to try it on.
Terrified, he ran up into the hut, from whence he could see the trolls on the shore.
There is the timid, abidingly helpless nit-wit, and the wise and energetic cat, who is quite at home in the ancient wisdom that enables her to render trolls harmless.
Once he saw a boat, and hung a rag on a pole and waved with it; but that very moment the sail dropped, and the crew took to the oars and rowed away at top speed, for they thought the meer-trolls were making signs and waving.
Then the trolls had to make themselves scarce, but Per Gynt remained, and feasted on the Christmas fare all of Christmas week, while for many a long year no more was heard of the trolls.
He had heard of a farmstead at Dovre, where so many trolls were accustomed to congregate on Christmas Eve, that the people who lived there had to flee, and find places to stay at other farms.
Curious, also, is the belief that trolls like to turn into skeins of yarn when disturbed, and then roll swiftly away.
Now and again the underground folk and trolls show themselves to be kind and grateful beings, when their wishes are granted, and when they are not annoyed by obtrusive curiosity.
He knew that trolls and goblins walk mainly on Christmas Eve, and for that reason he sailed out to the sand banks at that time.
We cannot shelter you, and have to leave the house ourselves, because the place is alive with trolls every Christmas Eve!
The vikings laughed and said: "Trolls take the rascal Treefoot and lay him even with the ground.
The bondi wanted them to go out and search for the shepherd, but the churchgoers cried off, and said they were not going to trust themselves into the power of trolls in the night; the bondi would not venture out and there was no search.
With the giant's kin Have I oft raised din; To the rock folk Have I dealt out stroke; Ill things could tell That I smote full well; The half-trolls know My baneful blow.
Then Thorkel's men sprung up and said that surely trolls had not taken the man in broad daylight.
At this critical moment, when he is writhing beneath them in torture, the sound of distant church bells is heard, the trolls take to flight, the palace of the Mountain King collapses and Peer is standing alone on a mountain.
When Peer, at the last moment, refuses to go through the ceremony, the trolls dash at him.
In the scene "In the Hall of the Mountain King" the trolls gather for the marriage of Peer to the Troll King's daughter.
The trolls take thy boasting and bragging," said his housewife, "and thou shouldst not utter such stuff and silliness to any one than thyself.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trolls" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
