ettin

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Doublet of.

Noun

 * 1)  A giant.
 * 2) * 1890,, "" in English Folk and Fairy Tales, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 3rd edition, no date, p. 138,
 * 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.
 * 1)  A giant with two heads.