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jötnar

jötnar is the plural of jotun.

Meaning of jotun

Noun

jotun (plural jotuns or jötnar)

  1. (Norse) A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.
    • 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.1831, Walter Savage Landor, “Gunlaug”, in Gebir, Count Julian, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, 64, New Bond Street, →OCLC, page 279

Questions about jötnar

What is jötnar the plural of?
Jötnar is the plural of jotun.

Words near jötnar in the dictionary

  1. jökulhlaup
  2. jökulhlaups
  3. Jönköping
  4. Jörmungandr
  5. Jörn
  6. jötnar
  7. jötun
  8. Jötunheimr
  9. jötunn
  10. jötunns
  11. jötuns

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