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Jotun

American  
[yaw-toon] / ˈjɔ tʊn /
Or Jotunn or Jötunn

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. any of a race of giants frequently in conflict with the gods.


Jotun British  
/ ˈjɔːtʊn /

noun

  1. Norse myth any of a race of giants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Jotun

1835–45; < Old Norse jǫtunn giant; cognate with Old English ēoten; akin to eat

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Visitors check out the Jotun Coatings booth at the second "International Exhibition for Rebuild Libya" in Benghazi April 28, 2013.

From Reuters Aug. 2, 2022

"It has become more and more difficult to operate in the country under the ongoing sanctions and we realise the situation won't change in the near future," Jotun said in a statement.

From Reuters Aug. 2, 2022

If with a far-famed spear-armed Jotun thou words exchangest, of words and wit to thy mindful heart abundance shall be given.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

With a Jotun woman, Angerbode, or Messenger of Evil, Loki begets three fell children.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

The lord of goats the apes' kinsman besought the horse of plank farther out to move; but the Jotun declared his slight desire farther to row.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

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