Odin
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English
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[edit]Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs. Doublet of Woden and Wotan. Related to English wode.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊdɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /oʊdɪn/
- Rhymes: -əʊdɪn
Proper noun
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- (Norse mythology and paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.
- A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada
Synonyms
[edit]- All-Father
- Wotan
- Woden
- Odhin, Odhinn, Othinn (anglicizations, as is Odin)
- Wodan
Derived terms
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Anagrams
[edit]- dino, noid, indo, doin', Indo, DINO, Dion, doin, Dino, Noid, doni, dino-, do in, Indo-, nido-, nodi, NOID
Danish
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French
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German
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[edit]Borrowed from Old Norse Óðinn.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin)
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Odin” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]Danish Odin; learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.
Proper noun
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Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.
Pronunciation
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- (Midlandsnormalen, Norse mythology) alternative form of Oden (“Odin”)
- 1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kongesogur, page 7:
- Odin var ein stor her-mann og var mykje vidfarin, og lagde mange rike under seg.
- Odin was a great military man, well-traveled, and conquered many kingdoms.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse Auðunn or from Óðinn.
Proper noun
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- a male given name from Old Norse
Portuguese
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Proper noun
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