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Definition of Ettin

Ettin
Ettin Et"tin, n. [SA. eten, eoten, orig., gluttonous, fr. etan to eat.] A giant. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

Meaning of Ettin from wikipedia

- Look up ettin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ettin is an English word descended from Old English: eoten, referring to a type of being in Germanic...
- makes a relation between the two words likely. The words are cognate with ettin, an archaic word for a type of being. Old Norse risi and Old High German...
- The Red Ettin or The Red Etin is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs. It was included by Andrew Lang in The Blue Fairy Book. Two widows lived in a...
- mother (egg-layer) is, and it is well suited for Grendels. The Ettin Desert is where the Ettin mother is; it is a dry, harsh environment for all creatures...
- about attitures towards gender roles in the real world".: 34  Ettercap Ettin Fish, giant Giant Catfish, Giant Gar and Giant Pike Frog Giant, killer and...
- In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the term monster refers to a variety of creatures, some adapted from folklore and legends and others...
- Thor's role in fighting such beings. In connection, the lack of trolls and ettins in modern Scandinavia is explained as a result of the "accuracy and efficiency...
- even giants such as those ****ociated with Cobb's Causeway (also known as "ettins", "yetuns" or "yotuns" in Northumberland and "Etenes", "Yttins" or "Ytenes"...
- Nolle (Ed.), The Modern Middle East, Atherton Press. Cohen, Bertram D.; Ettin, Mark F.; Fidler, Jay W. (2002). Group Psychotherapy and Political Reality:...
- generally succeeds in tasks after his older brothers have failed, as in The Red Ettin, or all three are set to tasks and he is the only one to succeed, as in...