"Surtur" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Old Norse Surtr (“the swarthy one”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|non|Surtr||the swarthy one}} Old Norse Surtr (“the swarthy one”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Surtur
  1. (Norse mythology) A very powerful jotun (giant) and chief of Muspellheim, described in the Eddas as wielding a flaming (or shining) sword and as battling the gods and killing Freyr during Ragnarok. Tags: Norse Categories (topical): Norse mythology
    Sense id: en-Surtur-en-name-2NAGGr0D Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn. Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (place): Moons of Saturn
    Sense id: en-Surtur-en-name-D5soXsGF Disambiguation of Moons of Saturn: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 70 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Surtr (english: mythological giant) Related terms: Surt (english: volcano on the moon Io), Surtsey (english: volcanic island near Iceland)

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