| 释义 |
† ˈeten, ˈettin Obs.
Forms: 1 eoten, eten, 3 eatand(e, -ante, eotand, -end, -ind, ȝeten, 4 eten(e, -in, yhoten, 4–5 etayn(e, 6 Sc. eitin, etin, eyttyn, 7 ettin.
[OE. eoten, eten = ON. iǫtunn (Sw. jätte, Da. jette):—OTeut. *ituno-z.]
A giant.
c1205Lay. 1801 Heo funden i þon londe twenti eotandes [c 1275 eatantes] stronge. Ibid. 17275 Hit hatte þere Eotinde King. c1250Gen. & Ex. 545 Of hem woren ðe ȝetenes borne, Miȝti men, and fiȝti. a1300E.E. Psalter xviii. 6 [xix. 5] He gladed als yhoten to renne his wai. c1325Leg. Rood (1871) 118 Quen dauid faȝt againe þat etin has he noȝt his staf for-ȝetin. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 723 He werrez..Boþe wyth bullez & berez, & borez oþer-quyle, & etaynez. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 111 No man is an etene to fede him þus bodili of Crist. c1440MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17. f. 128 (Halliw.) Fy, he said, thou foule! thou etayne! Alle my knyghtes thou garte be slayne. 1528Lyndesay Dream Ep. to King 45 Off the reid Etin [v.r. Eitin] and the gyir carlyng. 1549Compl. Scot. 63 The taiyl of the reyde eythyn vitht the thre heydis. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burning Pestle i. ii, They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meate but the Giants and the Ettins will come and snatch it from him. |