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scholarly spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn /ˈjɔːtʊn/; or, in Old English,
eoten,
plural eotenas) is a type of
being in
Germanic mythology. In
Norse mythology...
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opposition against the
protagonist Beowulf. He is
referred to as both an
eoten and a þyrs,
types of
beings from
wider Germanic mythology. He is also described...
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beings such as the
dwarf which is the
focus of the
XCIIIB charm, and the
eoten Grendel and the
dragon in Beowulf. The word
began to
acquire the
sense of...
- the free dictionary.
Ettin is an
English word
descended from Old English:
eoten,
referring to a type of
being in
Germanic folklore. The term may further...
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theories about the term
eoten- in Beowulf: The term is a
corrupted declension of *Eotan (English: Jutes). The term is a pun,
meaning eoten (English: giant) but...
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twilight forest". The word "Ent" was
taken from the Old
English ent or
eoten,
meaning "giant".
Tolkien borrowed the word from a
phrase in the Anglo-Saxon...
- in the
tower of Orthanc. The word "Ent" is from the Old
English ent or
eoten,
meaning "giant".
Tolkien borrowed the word from a
phrase in the Anglo-Saxon...
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yotun are
derived from
Middle English eten, etend, from Old
English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”)...
- in
Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Society. Oxford. Bishop, Chris. ""ÞYRS, ENT,
EOTEN, GIGANS" - ANGLO-SAXON
ONTOLOGIES OF 'GIANT'."
Neuphilologische Mitteilungen...
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Beowulf (8th–11th centuries) and
Widsith (late 7th – 10th century). The
Eoten (in the Finn p****age) are
clearly distinguished from the Geatas. The Finnish...
