þyrs

• ðyrs

From Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Cognate with Old High German duris (“demon”), Old Saxon thuris (“the rune þ”), Old Norse þurs (“giant”).

• IPA^(key): /θyrs/

þyrs m

1. monster, demon, giant
   • Exeter Book, Riddle 40, 62-63 (late 10th century):

     Ic mēsan mæg meahtelīcor / ond efnetan ealdum þyrse

     I can gorge more greedily / and eat at least as much as an old giant

   • Maxims II, 42-43 (early 11th century):

     Þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian / ana innan lande.

     The monster must live in the fen / alone in its land.

• Middle English: þurs, thurse, thursse, thyrce, thurs, thirs
  • English: thurse

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