jotun
/ˈjəʊtʊn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of jotun.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "When 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."
- "The world in which the æsir and jötnar play out their struggle has its own set of place-names but is essentially recognizable as Scandinavia. There are rivers, mountains, forests, oceans, storms, cold weather, fierce winters, eagles, ravens, salmon, and snakes."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *etunaz
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈjəʊtʊn/