jotun

Hrym steers from the east, the waters rise, the mundane snake is coiled in jotun-rage.

CHAPTER 14 2010

‘Eoten’ is cognate with the Old Norse ‘jotun’, which occurs frequently in the Norse legends and is usually translated into modern English as ‘giant’.

Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010

‘Eoten’ is cognate with the Old Norse ‘jotun’, which occurs frequently in the Norse legends and is usually translated into modern English as ‘giant’.

Archive 2010-08-01 Carla 2010

‘Eoten’ is cognate with the Old Norse ‘jotun’, which occurs frequently in the Norse legends and is usually translated into modern English as ‘giant’.

Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010

‘Eoten’ is cognate with the Old Norse ‘jotun’, which occurs frequently in the Norse legends and is usually translated into modern English as ‘giant’.

Old English gods and myths: Eotens Carla 2010

‘Eoten’ is cognate with the Old Norse ‘jotun’, which occurs frequently in the Norse legends and is usually translated into modern English as ‘giant’.

Kings of Lindsey Carla 2010

So, on the authority of the unimpeachable Lee & Kirby, it would certainly be possible for Torbjorn to exemplify jotun, um, over-engineering, without necessarily exemplifying jotun, um, stature.

Fun with Hominin Cranial Capacity Datasets (and Excel) - The Panda's Thumb 2006

The first jotun, named Ymer, Odin subdued, and of his flesh formed the earth, of his bones the mountains; the ocean was his blood, his brains the clouds, while from his skull the arch of the heavens was made.

Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline"

Oegir, the god of the sea, was a jotun, but friendly to Odin.

Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline"

Out on the lonely fens dwelt the jotun (giant or monster) Grendel, who heard the sound of men's mirth and quickly made an end of it.

Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived William Joseph Long 1909