English Explanatory Dictionary

Odin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.
  2. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈəʊ.dɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Odin.wav /ˈoʊ.dɪn/

Word forms

Odin

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

All-Father Wotan Woden Odhin Odhinn Othinn Wodan

Related words

Óðinn

Derived words

Odinian Odinic Odinism Odinist odinite Odinsman Odinswoman
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