ettin

== English == === Alternative forms === etin, etten, eaton, yetun, yotun, yeten, yetin, Etene, Yttin, Ytene === Etymology === From Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *etun, 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, [1] 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. (roleplaying games) A giant with two heads. === References === === Anagrams === teint, tinet == Turkish == === Verb === ettin second-person singular indicative simple past of etmek