"hulder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /ˈhʊldər/, [ˈhʊldər], /ˈhʊɽdəɾ/, [ˈhʊɖəɾ], /ˈhʉʎ.dər/ (note: Trøndersk)
Etymology: From Old Norse *hyldr (genitive huldar), from Old Norse hylja (“to hide”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|*hyldr}} Old Norse *hyldr, {{der|nn|non|hylja||to hide}} Old Norse hylja (“to hide”) Head templates: {{nn-noun-f1|huldr}} hulder f (definite singular huldra, indefinite plural huldrer, definite plural huldrene) Forms: huldra [definite, singular], huldrer [indefinite, plural], huldrene [definite, plural], huld [alternative], hulda [alternative], hold [alternative], hodd [alternative], ulder [alternative], uldre [alternative], uld [alternative], ulde [alternative], hudde [alternative]
  1. (Norwegian folklore) a supernatural being, most often in the shape of a beautiful woman with a cow's tail, that dwells subterraneously. Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "huldrene",
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      "form": "hulda",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hold",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodd",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ulder",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uldre",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "uld",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ulde",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "hudde",
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          "english": "What do you say to this, you who will not believe that the hulder exists?",
          "ref": "1871, Stein Fjellheim, Huldergarden paa Glombakka:",
          "text": "Kaa si’ døkk um detta, døkk som ikkje vil tru, at de finnst hulder te?",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhʊldər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhʊldər]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhʊɽdəɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhʊɖəɾ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhʉʎ.dər/",
      "note": "Trøndersk"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "hulda",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hold",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hodd",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ulder",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "uldre",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uld",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulde",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "hudde",
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      ]
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          "text": "Kaa si’ døkk um detta, døkk som ikkje vil tru, at de finnst hulder te?",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhʊldər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhʊldər]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhʊɽdəɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhʊɖəɾ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhʉʎ.dər/",
      "note": "Trøndersk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hulder"
}

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