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Eofen vs Eoten - What's the difference?

eofen | eoten |

As nouns the difference between eofen and eoten

is that eofen is plural of lang=en while eoten is a giant from Old English literature and mythology.

eofen

English

Noun

(head)

    • eoten

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A giant from Old English literature and mythology.
  • *1834 , "The National Fairy Mythology of England" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53:
  • *:The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were also the eotens , and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas).
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