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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- and yotun are derived from Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”)...
- 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...
- in Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Society. Oxford. Bishop, Chris. ""ÞYRS, ENT, EOTEN, GIGANS" - ANGLO-SAXON ONTOLOGIES OF 'GIANT'." Neuphilologische Mitteilungen...