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Odin

O′din

,
p
rop.
Noun.
[Icel. [GREEK]; prob.akin to E.
wood
, a. See
Wednesday
.]
(Northern Mythol.)
The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; – the same as
Woden
, of the German tribes.
There in the Temple, carved in wood,
The image of great
Odin
stood.
Longfellow.

Definition 2025

Odin

Odin

See also: Odín, Ódin, Ōdin, and Óðin

English

Proper noun

Odin

  1. (Norse mythology and Heathenry) The supreme god of the Germanic and Norse pantheons, the leader of the Æsir, after whom Wednesday is named; the god of war and poetry, the husband of Frigga, the father of Balder, Hod, Hermod, Thor, and Tyr. The Allfather, the One-eyed, the Terrible One, the Father of Battle.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.

Proper noun

Odin

  1. (Norse mythology) Odin.
  2. A male given name in general use since the nineteenth century.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ˈd͡ʒĩ/

Proper noun

Odin m

  1. (Norse mythology) Odin (the supreme god)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, akin to Old High German Wotan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōþuz ‎(“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”), Latin vātēs.

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