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gigant

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gigant, gygant, es; m.
A giant; gigas
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  • Untydras onwócon, eotenas, swylce gigantas

    unnatural progenies sprang forth, monsters, also giants,

    • Beo. Th. 226
    • ;
    • B. 113
    • .
  • Swá swá gigant yrnþ on his weg

    ut gigas ad currendam viam,

    • Ps. Th. 18, 6
    • .
  • Ne se gigant ne wyrþ ná gehǽled

    nec gigas salvus erit,

    • 32, 14
    • .
  • He ðone gigant ofwearp

    he struck down the giant,

    • Blickl. Homl. 31, 18
    • .
Etymology
[
Lat. gigas; gen. gigantis.
]
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