In Norse mythology, Jotuns,Jötunn or Jotnar of Utgard, Jötunnheim were the race of Gods called giants (thurs), separated into categories such as frost giants (rime giants, hrimthurs), fire giants, sea giants and storm giants. The first race drowned in Ymir's blood, and were repopulated by Bergelmir.
The word jotun (pronounced "yo-tun") first appeared in Old English as yotun ("ee-yo-tun" or "yo-tun"), and eventually spawned the variants such as geottin ("ye-oh-tin" or "yet-tin"), eottan ("ee-yo-ten" or "et-ten"), and eontann ("ee-yon-ten" or "en-ten"), whence we get yettin (or yeti), ettin, and ent, respectively.
The thorn-rune ᚦ is called thurs "giant" in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems:
The defendant Thur stopped his vehicle, a Chevrolet, hereafter referred to as Car A, headed east, to fix a sudden flat blown out tire approximately at the scene of the accident.
His car was partly on the shoulder but approximately four feet of the vehicle remained on the highway, leaving a clearance of 18 feet or 7 feet between the left side of Car A and the center of the highway.
The alleged negligence of defendant Thur was broken by the subsequent intervening acts of the defendant Sharp and the accident would not have happened but for his negligence.
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