Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surtur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: sur-tur
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A very powerful jotun (giant) and chief of Muspellheim, described in the Eddas as wielding a flaming (or shining) sword and as battling the gods and killing Freyr during Ragnarok.

name

A moon of Saturn.

Example Sentences

"(Muspelheim, we suppose, with its numerous fiery inhabitants, and their mighty chief Surtur, the dark, the incomprehensible, the great evil principle, had no beginning; or if it had, the Odinian theologians were unacquainted with it.)"
"1847 [1770], Paul Henri Mallet, Thomas Percy (translator), I. A. Blackwell, Walter Scott (editors), Northern Antiquities, [1756, Paul Henri Mallet, Monuments de la mythologie et de la poesie des Celtes, et particulierement des anciens Scandinaves], page 496, We must also remark, that in the Eddaic Poems there is no mention made of Surtur and the Elves of Light existing in Muspellheim previous to the formation of Ymir, […] ."
"In Journey into Mystery #97 (1963), writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/cc-plotter Jack Kirby introduced their version of Surtur, one of the greatest enemies of the gods in Norse mythology."

Etymology

From Old Norse Surtr (“the swarthy one”).

Inflected Forms

Surtr (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Surt Surtsey

Questions

What does surtur mean?: A very powerful jotun (giant) and chief of Muspellheim, described in the Eddas as wielding a flaming (or shining) sword and as battling the gods and killing Freyr during Ragnarok.
Where does surtur come from?: From Old Norse Surtr (“the swarthy one”).

How to pronounce surtur

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