Jotun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Jotun
1835–45; < Old Norse jǫtunn giant; cognate with Old English ēoten; akin to eat
Example Sentences
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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
“By his mocking, scornful mien, Soon in Valhal it was seen ’Twas the traitor Loki’s art Which had led Idun apart To gloomy tower And Jotun power.”
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
In Tholley dwells that Thurs, that dog-wise Jotun, of all rock-dwellers the worst: he is a fitting man for thee.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
He is going over all the Jotun Mountains by himself, and yesterday morning he started from a place an unknown number of miles away at 6 A.M.
From Three in Norway by Two of Them by Clutterbuck, Walter J.
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