Old English

Noun

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.

Declension

Descendants

• English: thurse

See also

• eoten