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jötun

jötun is the alternative form 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

Noun capitalized: Jötun

Jötun (plural Jötuns)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of jötun.

Forms of jötun

pluraljötuns
pluralJötuns

Questions about jötun

What is jötun the alternative form of?
Jötun is the alternative form of jotun.
What part of speech is jötun?
Jötun is a noun.
What is the plural of jötun?
The plural of jötun is jötuns.

Words near jötun in the dictionary

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

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