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hillfolk en · NOUN

Etymology

From hill + folk. In mythological sense, compare Danish bjergfolk, Norwegian bergfolk, Norwegian haugfolk, Swedish högfolk, Swedish bergfolk.

Meanings

1. (plural, singular) Hillspeople.
2. (plural, singular) Supernatural beings, such as a dwarves, that live beneath hills.
   • 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. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 187:

Synonyms

hill-people