"þurs" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθurs/ (note: 9th century West Norse, 12th century Icelandic)
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz (“giant, name of the Þ-rune”). Cognate with Old English þyrs, Old Saxon thuris, Old High German durs, duris. See also Finnish turisas, Tursas, turso. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tur-, *twer- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*þursaz}} Proto-Germanic *þursaz, {{cog|ang|þyrs}} Old English þyrs, {{cog|osx|thuris}} Old Saxon thuris, {{cog|goh|durs}} Old High German durs, {{cog|fi|turisas}} Finnish turisas, {{der|non|ine-pro|*tur-}} Proto-Indo-European *tur- Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} þurs m, {{non-noun|m|þurs|þursar}} þurs m (genitive þurs, plural þursar) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-a|þurs|þurs|gs=þurs|ns=þurs}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=þursana|api=þursa|asd=þursinn|asi=þurs|dpd=þursunum|dpi=þursum|dsd=þursinum|dsi=þursi|g=masculine|gpd=þursanna|gpi=þursa|gsd=þursins|gsi=þurs|notes=|npd=þursarnir|npi=þursar|nsd=þursinn|nsi=þurs|stem=strong a-stem|title=þurs}}, {{non-decl-cell|þurs|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursar|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursarnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|þurs|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursinn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursa|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursana|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursi|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursinum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|þurs|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursa|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|þursanna|gpd}} Forms: þurs [genitive], þursar [plural], strong [table-tags], þurs [indefinite, nominative, singular], þursinn [definite, nominative, singular], þursar [indefinite, nominative, plural], þursarnir [definite, nominative, plural], þurs [accusative, indefinite, singular], þursinn [accusative, definite, singular], þursa [accusative, indefinite, plural], þursana [accusative, definite, plural], þursi [dative, indefinite, singular], þursinum [dative, definite, singular], þursum [dative, indefinite, plural], þursunum [dative, definite, plural], þurs [genitive, indefinite, singular], þursins [definite, genitive, singular], þursa [genitive, indefinite, plural], þursanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (Norse mythology) a giant, ogre, monster Tags: Norse, masculine Categories (topical): Norse mythology
    Sense id: en-þurs-non-noun-DxIqtzZt Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. a dunce, numskull Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-þurs-non-noun-h4wCpzAu
  3. the name of the Þ-rune Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-þurs-non-noun-nuvtEF7V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: þuss Derived forms: þursaberg (english: a kind of hone), þursaskegg (english: a kind of coral or seaweed), þursi (english: dunce), þursligr (english: giant-like)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a kind of hone",
      "word": "þursaberg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a kind of coral or seaweed",
      "word": "þursaskegg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "dunce",
      "word": "þursi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "giant-like",
      "word": "þursligr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "þurs"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: þurs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: þurs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "tussur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: tussur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: tussur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "tuss",
            "3": "tusse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: tuss, tusse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: tuss, tusse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tuss",
            "3": "tusse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: tuss, tusse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: tuss, tusse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "tuss",
            "3": "tusse"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: tuss, tusse",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: tuss, tusse (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "tusse",
            "3": "tosse"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: tusse, tosse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: tusse, tosse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tosse"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tosse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tosse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "tursa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tursa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tursa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þursaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þursaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þyrs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þyrs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "thuris"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon thuris",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "durs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German durs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "turisas"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish turisas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tur-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tur-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz (“giant, name of the Þ-rune”). Cognate with Old English þyrs, Old Saxon thuris, Old High German durs, duris. See also Finnish turisas, Tursas, turso. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tur-, *twer- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "þurs m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "þurs",
        "3": "þursar"
      },
      "expansion": "þurs m (genitive þurs, plural þursar)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "þurs",
        "gs": "þurs",
        "ns": "þurs"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "þursana",
        "api": "þursa",
        "asd": "þursinn",
        "asi": "þurs",
        "dpd": "þursunum",
        "dpi": "þursum",
        "dsd": "þursinum",
        "dsi": "þursi",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "þursanna",
        "gpi": "þursa",
        "gsd": "þursins",
        "gsi": "þurs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "þursarnir",
        "npi": "þursar",
        "nsd": "þursinn",
        "nsi": "þurs",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "þurs"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursar",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursarnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursa",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursana",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursa",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Norse mythology",
          "orig": "non:Norse mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Germanic mythology",
            "Mythology",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] until three came / giant-maidens […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 8, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2",
          "text": "[…] unz þrjár kvámu / þursa meyjar […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a giant, ogre, monster"
      ],
      "id": "en-þurs-non-noun-DxIqtzZt",
      "links": [
        [
          "Norse",
          "Norse"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
        [
          "ogre",
          "ogre"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Norse mythology) a giant, ogre, monster"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] but a stupid dunce must remain silent, […]",
          "ref": "Heilræðavísur, in 1933, H. Pétursson, Heilræði Hallgríms Péturssonar",
          "text": "[…] en þursinn heimskr þegja hlýtr, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a dunce, numskull"
      ],
      "id": "en-þurs-non-noun-h4wCpzAu",
      "links": [
        [
          "dunce",
          "dunce"
        ],
        [
          "numskull",
          "numskull"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the name of the Þ-rune"
      ],
      "id": "en-þurs-non-noun-nuvtEF7V",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "Þ",
          "Þ"
        ],
        [
          "rune",
          "rune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθurs/",
      "note": "9th century West Norse, 12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þuss"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þurs"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse masculine nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "a kind of hone",
      "word": "þursaberg"
    },
    {
      "english": "a kind of coral or seaweed",
      "word": "þursaskegg"
    },
    {
      "english": "dunce",
      "word": "þursi"
    },
    {
      "english": "giant-like",
      "word": "þursligr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "þurs"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: þurs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: þurs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "tussur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: tussur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: tussur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "tuss",
            "3": "tusse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: tuss, tusse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: tuss, tusse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tuss",
            "3": "tusse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: tuss, tusse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: tuss, tusse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "tuss",
            "3": "tusse"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: tuss, tusse",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: tuss, tusse (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "tusse",
            "3": "tosse"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: tusse, tosse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: tusse, tosse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tosse"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tosse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tosse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "tursa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tursa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: tursa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þursaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þursaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þyrs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þyrs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "thuris"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon thuris",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "durs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German durs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "turisas"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish turisas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tur-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tur-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz (“giant, name of the Þ-rune”). Cognate with Old English þyrs, Old Saxon thuris, Old High German durs, duris. See also Finnish turisas, Tursas, turso. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tur-, *twer- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þursanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "þurs m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "þurs",
        "3": "þursar"
      },
      "expansion": "þurs m (genitive þurs, plural þursar)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "þurs",
        "gs": "þurs",
        "ns": "þurs"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "þursana",
        "api": "þursa",
        "asd": "þursinn",
        "asi": "þurs",
        "dpd": "þursunum",
        "dpi": "þursum",
        "dsd": "þursinum",
        "dsi": "þursi",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "þursanna",
        "gpi": "þursa",
        "gsd": "þursins",
        "gsi": "þurs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "þursarnir",
        "npi": "þursar",
        "nsd": "þursinn",
        "nsi": "þurs",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "þurs"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursar",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursarnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursa",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursana",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þurs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursa",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þursanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "non:Norse mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] until three came / giant-maidens […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 8, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2",
          "text": "[…] unz þrjár kvámu / þursa meyjar […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a giant, ogre, monster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Norse",
          "Norse"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
        [
          "ogre",
          "ogre"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Norse mythology) a giant, ogre, monster"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] but a stupid dunce must remain silent, […]",
          "ref": "Heilræðavísur, in 1933, H. Pétursson, Heilræði Hallgríms Péturssonar",
          "text": "[…] en þursinn heimskr þegja hlýtr, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a dunce, numskull"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dunce",
          "dunce"
        ],
        [
          "numskull",
          "numskull"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the name of the Þ-rune"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "Þ",
          "Þ"
        ],
        [
          "rune",
          "rune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθurs/",
      "note": "9th century West Norse, 12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "þuss"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þurs"
}

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