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ettin

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A giant.

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  • noun dialectal, archaic, fantasy A giant.
  • noun role-playing games A giant with two heads.

Etymologies

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From Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten ("giant, monster, enemy"), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Icelandic jötunn ("giant"), Swedish jätte ("giant"), Danish jætte ("giant"). Compare ent.

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  1. giant

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