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jotunn

jotunn 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: Jotunn

Jotunn (plural Jotunns)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of jotunn.

Forms of jotunn

pluraljotunns
pluralJotunns

Questions about jotunn

What is jotunn the alternative form of?
Jotunn is the alternative form of jotun.
What part of speech is jotunn?
Jotunn is a noun.
What is the plural of jotunn?
The plural of jotunn is jotunns.

Words near jotunn in the dictionary

  1. Jotto
  2. jotty
  3. jotun
  4. Jotunheim
  5. jotunite
  6. jotunn
  7. jotunns
  8. jotuns
  9. Jou
  10. jou-jou
  11. jou-jous

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