Obs. Forms: 1 eoten-, etonisc, 3 ȝeteniss. [f. ETEN + -isc, -ISH.] Gigantic.
a. 1000. Beowulf, 1559. He … ʓeseah on searwum siʓe eadiʓ bil eald sweord eotenisc. Ibid., 2616. And his maʓum atbær brun faʓne helm hringde byrnan eald sweord etonisc.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3715. Ȝetenisse men ben in ebron.
