Jotun

//ˈjəʊtʊn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor. Norse

    "Some with disdain his reasons heard, / While others wisht the cause deferr'd. / Then Ormur spake, in speech of scorn, / Ormur, the friend of Asbiorn, / Who, daring singly to engage, / A jotun, proved his fatal rage."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of jotun. alt-of
  3. 3
    (Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir wordnet

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jotunnjotunn

Example

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"Some with disdain his reasons heard, / While others wisht the cause deferr'd. / Then Ormur spake, in speech of scorn, / Ormur, the friend of Asbiorn, / Who, daring singly to engage, / A jotun, proved his fatal rage."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant”). Doublet of ettin.

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