ettin

English

Alternative forms

etin, etten, eaton, yetun, yotun, Etene, Yttin, Ytene.[1][2]

Etymology

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”). Doublet of jotun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛtɪn/
Rhymes: -ɛtɪn, -ɛtən

Noun

ettin (plural ettins)

(dialectal, archaic, fantasy) A giant.
- 1890, Joseph Jacobs, "The Red Ettin" in English Folk and Fairy Tales, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 3rd edition, no date, p. 138,
  He asked the wife if he might stay for the night, as he was tired with a long journey; and the wife said he might, but it was not a good place for him to be in, as it belonged to the Red Ettin, who was a very terrible beast, with three heads, that spared no living man it could get hold of.
(role-playing games) A giant with two heads.

References

Northumberland Words – A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside -, Volume 1 by Richard Oliver Heslop, Read Books, 2008, →ISBN
Legg, Penny "The Folklore of Hampshire" The History Press (15 Jun. 2010)

Anagrams

teint, tinet

[heslop-1] Northumberland Words – A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside -, Volume 1 by Richard Oliver Heslop, Read Books, 2008, →ISBN

[2] Legg, Penny "The Folklore of Hampshire" The History Press (15 Jun. 2010)

单词	ettin
释义	ettin English Alternative forms etin, etten, eaton, yetun, yotun, Etene, Yttin, Ytene.[1][2] Etymology 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”). Doublet of jotun. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈɛtɪn/ Rhymes: -ɛtɪn, -ɛtən Noun ettin (plural ettins) (dialectal, archaic, fantasy) A giant. 1890, Joseph Jacobs, "The Red Ettin" in English Folk and Fairy Tales, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 3rd edition, no date, p. 138, He asked the wife if he might stay for the night, as he was tired with a long journey; and the wife said he might, but it was not a good place for him to be in, as it belonged to the Red Ettin, who was a very terrible beast, with three heads, that spared no living man it could get hold of. (role-playing games) A giant with two heads. References Northumberland Words – A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside -, Volume 1 by Richard Oliver Heslop, Read Books, 2008, →ISBN Legg, Penny "The Folklore of Hampshire" The History Press (15 Jun. 2010) Anagrams teint, tinet
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