jötunn
nafnorðkarlkyn
, jötni, jötnar; [this word, so popular in and still preserved in the form jutel of the Norse legends, hardly occurs in or Saxon, except that eoten, ent, and entisc occur perhaps ten or a dozen times, see Grein]:—a giant, passim, 2; jötuns brúðr, a giant’s bride, 4; jötna synir, the giants’ sons, to ‘sons of men,’ 16; jötna vegir, the giants’ ways, the mountains, 106; jötna rúnar, the giants’ mysteries, the mysteries of the world, 42, 43; jötna garðar, the giants’ yard or home, 30; jötna mjöðr, the giant’s mead, poetry, see 47, 48; jötuns hauss, the giant’s skull = the heaven ( 21), Arnór; jötuns und, the giants’ wound = the sea, 2; gold is called the speech of giants (orð, munntal jötna), ; Thor is the bane of giants, jötna-bani, -dólgr, For the genesis of the Jötnar see . Famous giants of whom the records tales were, Ýmir, Hýmir, Hrungnir, Þjazi, Örvandill, Gýmir, Skrýmir, Vafþrúðnir, Dofri, see (Gl.): for appearances of giants in the Sagas see 134, i. 229, 84, i. 453–455.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Germ.German.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- opp.opposed.
- cp.compare.
- ch.chapter.
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Hdl.Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Skm.Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)