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Odin

American  
[oh-din] / ˈoʊ dɪn /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

  1. the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.

Odin British  
/ ˈəʊdɪn, ˈəʊðɪn /

noun

  1. Germanic counterpart: Wotan.   Woden.  Norse myth the supreme creator god; the divinity of wisdom, culture, war, and the dead

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Odin Cultural  

  1. In Norse mythology, the solemn ruler of the gods. He was god of wisdom, poetry, farming, and war.

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Wednesday is named after Odin, using a form of his name that begins with W.

Other Word Forms

  • Odinian adjective
  • Odinic adjective
  • Odinism noun
  • Odinist noun
  • Odinitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Odin

From Old Norse Ōthinn; cognate with Old English Wōden, Old Saxon Woden, Old High German Wuotan; Woden

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