frost giant

noun

A type of large, strong, and fearsome supernatural beings that live in cold and icy regions.

OriginOld Norse hrímþurs →
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Meanings

nounfrost giant (plural frost giants)

plural frost giants

  1. Norsehuman sciencesA type of large, strong, and fearsome supernatural beings that live in cold and icy regions.

    There were frost giants and mountain giants at Balder's funeral[.]

    2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 221

Origin

  1. Old Norsehrímþurs
  2. Englishfrost giant

Calque of Old Norse hrímþurs, from hrím (“rime, frost”) + þurs (“giant, troll”).

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