eotens

Noun

eoten (plural eotens)

1. A giant from Old English literature and mythology.
   • The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were...1834, “The National Fairy Mythology of England”, in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 10, page 53