jotun
Collocations
4ADJ.
proved
VERB + JOTUN
engage, fallen
JOTUN + NOUN
loki
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.
Some with disdain his reasons heard, / While others wisht the cause deferr'd. / Then Ormur spake, in speech of scorn, / Ormur, the friend of Asbiorn, / Who, daring singly to engage, / A jotun, proved his fatal rage.
When Christianity became the religion of the people the trolls gradually assumed something of the role formerly played by the more powerful Jotuns.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of jotun.
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Synonyms
noun — (Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict
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3Some with disdain his reasons heard, / While others wisht the cause deferr'd. / Then Ormur spake, in speech of scorn, / Ormur, the friend of Asbiorn, / Who, daring singly to engage, / A jotun, proved
WiktionaryWhen Christianity became the religion of the people the trolls gradually assumed something of the role formerly played by the more powerful Jotuns.
WiktionaryWhen Odin was still young – before he had hanged himself on Yggdrasil and drunk from the Well of Wisdom – his eyes had fallen on a jotun named Loki.
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