prop. jötun. [ON. jǫtunn = OE. eoten, ETEN:—OTeut. *ituno-z giant.] One of a supernatural race of giants in Scandinavian mythology.
1842. Prichard, Nat. Hist. Man, 207. The epithet of Jotnar, or Jotuns … of frequent occurrence in the Sagas.
1865. Baring-Gould, Were-wolves, iv. 38. Attributes … appropriate to trolls and jötuns.
1869. Lowell, Pict. fr. Appledore, v. A great mist-jotun you will see Lifting himself up silently.
