Jotun

[ yaw-too n ]

/ ˈyɔ tʊn /

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

Also Jo·tunn, Jö·tunn

[yœ-too n] /ˈyœ tʊn/.

Origin of Jotun

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

Flew then Loki—the plumage rattled—until he came beyond the Æsir's dwellings, and came within the Jotun's land.

The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson |Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
If with a far-famed spear-armed Jotun thou words exchangest, of words and wit to thy mindful heart abundance shall be given.

The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson |Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
In Tholley dwells that Thurs, that dog-wise Jotun, of all rock-dwellers the worst: he is a fitting man for thee.

The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson |Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
Then were three oxen taken, and the Jotun bade them forthwith be boiled.

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

The Jotun's voice rumbled hideously as he talked into his goblet.

The Ward of King Canute |Ottilie A. Liljencrantz

Jotun

/ (ˈjɔːtʊn) /

Norse myth any of a race of giants

from Old Norse jötunn giant; related to eat