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
No human weapon hath power against a Jotun, so here in your mead-hall leave I my weapons all, and empty-handed and alone will I pit my strength against the horrid Grendel.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Unless the youngling had made a decided change for the worse, what satisfaction could the Jotun expect to get from witnessing their meeting?
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)
The hill fiend dreads my hammer’s might Before it turns the Jotun white, And rocks, whereon I strike, give way.
From The Death of Balder by Borrow, George Henry
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