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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant”). Cognate with Old English eoten.
Pronunciation
- (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈjɒ.tʊ̃nː/
- (Textbook Old Norse) IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.tunː/
Noun
jǫtunn m (genitive jǫtuns, plural jǫtnar)
- (Norse mythology) a jotun, ettin, giant
- Vǫluspá, verse 2, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
Ek man jötna / ár um borna, […]- I remember giants / born long ago,
Declension
Declension of jǫtunn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- jǫtunn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- jǫtunn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.