What does thurse mean?
Thurse means (now chiefly dialectal) A giant; a gigantic spectre; an apparition..
Thurse
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(now chiefly dialectal) A giant; a gigantic spectre; an apparition..
Example Sentences
And yet he was also, though many generations separated them, distant cousin to the shining eoten-maid Geard, whom the god Frea Ing had seen from afar and wedded; and to Scatha, the fair daughter of the old thurse Theasa, who had claimed a husband from among the gods as weregild for her father's slaying: often, it was said, the ugliest eotens would sire the fairest maids.
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Word Forms
- thurses
- thrush
- thrust
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And yet he was also, though many generations separated them, distant cousin to the shining eoten-maid Geard, whom the god Frea Ing had seen from afar and wedded; and to Scatha, the fair daughter of the old thurse Theasa, who had claimed a husband from among the gods as weregild for her father's slaying: often, it was said, the ugliest eotens would sire the fairest maids.
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