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A list of words in the giant language of Jotun.

A[]

alv
elf[1][2]
Am
1st-person sing subj pron: I[3]
alder
old[4]
anfal
n: attack[1]
anfel
v: attack[2][3]
att
eight[3]

B[]

bapart
temple[2][3]
bla
blue[1]
blad
blade[1]
blod
blood[1]
blodbok
copper[1]
boye
bow[1]
bror
brother[1]
byrd
birth[1]

D[]

den
3rd-person sing neut pron: it[3]
deg
2nd-person pl pron: you[3]
det
dem pron: that[3]
dir
dem adv: there[3]
dod
death[1][2]
drofte
dispute[1]
du
2nd-person sing pron: you[3]
dun
2nd-person sing poss pron: your[2][3]
dverg
dwarf[1][2]

E[]

engel
ale[1]
er
3rd-person sing copula: is[1]
esse
forge[1]
et
one[3][5]
ettin
runt[3][6]

F[]

fang
v: lead[2]
fange
v: take[3]
fare
danger[1][2]
farvel
goodbye[1]
fem
five[3]
fer
v: (2nd-person sing, ferst;[2][3] 3rd-person sing, fers[2][3]) go[1]
ferd
journey[1][2]
festing
fortress[1][2]
fir
four[3]
fjell
mountain[1]
fjelljotun
(pl, fjelljotunen) mountain giant[1]
flod
river[3]
fode
food[1]
forbaus
surprise[3]
forer
chieftain,[1][2] leader[2][3]
forvar
v: defend[1]

G[]

galoril
gleam of sunlight[7]
garasje
garbage[1]
gared-guur
"slayer from the skies", used by giants and hobgoblins of Anauroch to refer to the manticore[8][note 1]
gave
gift[1]
gi
v: give[1]
gil
(alt sp, gill[1]) gold[2]
glang
prep: above[1]
grun
green[1]
gud
god[1]
gul
yellow[3]

H[]

ha
v : have[1]
han
3rd-person sing masc pron: he[3]
haug
hill[1]
haugjotun
(pl, haugjotunen) hill giant[1][2]
harbunad
armor[1][2]
heim
home[1][2]
hellig
holy, sacred[1]
helsingen
(slang, hels) greetings[1][2]
hest
horse[1]
het
hot[1]
hild
mother[1][2]
hjelm
helmet[1]
hjerte
heart[1]
hun
3rd-person sing fem pron: she[3]
hund
hundred[3]
huslyd
(pl, huslyder) family[1][9]
hval
whale[10]
hvalspyd
whale spear[10]

I[]

i
dem pron: this[3]
ild
fire[1]
ildjotun
(pl, ildjotunen) fire giant[1][2]
ise
ice[1]
isejotun
(pl, isejotunen) frost giant[1][2]

J[]

jarl
Jotunise dialect: tribal leader[11]
jertrut
transgender[12]
jotun
(pl, jotunen) giant[1]
Jotunbrud
collective term for all true giants[13]

K[]

kalt
cold[1]
kappe
cloak[1]
kjott
meat[1][2]
kom
v: come[1]
kong
king[1][2]
kongerike
kingdom[1]
krig
war[3]
krigga
warrior[2][3]
kue
cow[1][2]
kunst
art[1]
kvit
white[2][3]

L[]

lang
Far[1]
Levendehule
living cave[14]
linje
ancestry, lineage[1]
linjenstein
ancestors of stone[15]
liv
life[1]

M[]

maat
good,[1][16] holy,[2] honorable[2]
magere
mage[1]
magisk
magic[1]
maug
evil,[1][17] unholy,[2] dishonorable[2]
mazîn
priest[3]
mazînmagisk
divine magic[3]
meg
1st-person sing obj pron: me;[3] 1st-person sing poss pron: my[2][3]
minutt
minute[1]
mynt
money[1]

N[]

nar
near[3]
nede
down[1]
ni
nine[3]
nom
n: name[2][3]
nul
nothing[18]

O[]

oks
axe[1]
opp
prep: up[2][3]
ordning
order[3]
Ostoria
the seat belonging to a father[6]
otte
fear[1]
overin
defeat[1]

P[]

paart
v: honor,[3] respect[2]; n: honor[18]
pil
arrow[1][2]
platina
platinum[3]
prakt
bravery[1][2]

R[]

rad
rank[2][3]
rang
n: honor[1][2]
rever
queller[19]
rod
red[2][3]
rom
room, chamber[3]

S[]

sal
saga[19]
seir
victory[3]
sek
six[3]
seng
bed[1]
sengrom
bedroom[1]
sju
seven[3]
skald
Jotunise dialect: bard[20]
skat
treasure[3]
skilt
rune[21]
skiltgravr
rune cutters[21]
skod
fog[1]
skodjotun
(pl, skodjotunen) fog giant[1]
skold
shield[2][3]
skye
cloud[1]
skyejotun
(pl, skyejotunen) cloud giant[1][2]
slag
battle[1][2]
solv
silver[2][3]
soster
sister[3]
sort
black[1][2]
spyd
spear[3]
stein
stone[3]
steinjotun
(pl, steinjotunen) stone giant[2][3]
stig
light[1][2]
stomm
tribe[2][3]
storkokk
Jotunhaug dialect: master eater[22]
stormazîn
high priest[23]
stot
second[3]
strev
effort[1]
su
1st-person pl poss pron: our[3]
sverd
sword[3]

T[]

tanke
thought[3]
tapperhot
Jotunise dialect: courage, mettle, machismo[24]
tenner
teeth[2][3]
tid
hour[1]
tier
ten[3]
to
two[5]
tosk
fool[1]
traktat
treaty[3]
tre
three[3]
treke
trail[3]
trut
truth[18]
tusen
thousand[2][3]
tuv
thief[3]

U[]

ubuden
intruder[1][2]
uvar
storm[3]
uvarjotun
(pl, uvarjotunen) storm giant[2][3]
uven
(pl, uvenir[2][3]) enemy[1][2]

V[]

vader
father[1]
vaer
weather[3]
val
prep: for[18]
van
human[1][2]
venn
friend[1]
vind
wind[2][3]
vonin
titan[3]

W[]

weirdner
Jotunise and Jotunild dialects: weird worker, i.e., a wizard or runecaster[25][26]
wer
inter pron: who[2][3]
wie
inter pron: where[2][3]
wo
inter pron: what[2][3]
wyrm
dragon[1][27]

Z[]

zo
prep: to[2][3]

Appendix[]

Notes[]

  1. As hobgoblins also use it, this may instead be from the Goblin dictionary.

References[]

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