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jotuns

jotuns 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

Noun capitalized: Jotuns

Jotuns

  1. (plural) plural of Jotun

Questions about jotuns

What is jotuns the plural of?
Jotuns is the plural of jotun.
What part of speech is jotuns?
Jotuns is a noun.

Words near jotuns in the dictionary

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

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