Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A giant or goblin.
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Examples
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I could modernise the spelling to something like ‘ettin’ or ‘etten’, as Tolkien did in Lord of the Rings “...the Ettenmoors, the troll-fells north of Rivendell…”, as Aragorn says in Book I Ch.
Archive 2010-08-01 Carla 2010
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I could modernise the spelling to something like ‘ettin’ or ‘etten’, as Tolkien did in Lord of the Rings “...the Ettenmoors, the troll-fells north of Rivendell…”, as Aragorn says in Book I Ch.
Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010
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I could modernise the spelling to something like ‘ettin’ or ‘etten’, as Tolkien did in Lord of the Rings “...the Ettenmoors, the troll-fells north of Rivendell…”, as Aragorn says in Book I Ch.
Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010
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I could modernise the spelling to something like ‘ettin’ or ‘etten’, as Tolkien did in Lord of the Rings “...the Ettenmoors, the troll-fells north of Rivendell…”, as Aragorn says in Book I Ch.
Old English gods and myths: Eotens Carla 2010
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I could modernise the spelling to something like ‘ettin’ or ‘etten’, as Tolkien did in Lord of the Rings “...the Ettenmoors, the troll-fells north of Rivendell…”, as Aragorn says in Book I Ch.
Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010
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Hän oli niin loistava seulomaan esiin sen ainokaisen kultajyvän hillittömästä hyödyttömyyksien koskesta, etten voinut olla pitämättä hänestä – tai ainakaan kunnioittamatta häntä.
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'But we aren't etten yet, and there are some stout folk here with us.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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'Why, I declare, I must have etten it,' says this old lady.
Women of the Country Gertrude Bone
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It wasn't Jerry's clog-print on the ashes, it was Amos's; and the Lord had taen away my eldest barn frae me because I'd etten o 'the Tree o'
More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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But in anither month, faith, I thocht that she wad hae etten me, an 'afore the year was oot I wussed she had.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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