Irmin

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪrmɪn] === Adjective === Irmin possessive of Irma: Irma's ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Irmin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == German == === Alternative forms === Irmino (for the demigod) === Etymology === Assumed from and connected to terms like Proto-Germanic *ermunaz; German Irminsäule, Irminsul, Irminfried or Irminfrid (Herminafried, Herminafrid, Herminfried, Herminfrid), Hermionen (Herminonen, Irminonen), Old High German Irmingot, Old Saxon Irminsūl, Old Norse Jǫrmunr (“name of Odin”), Latin Hermiones (Herminones), and Widukindus' res gestae saxonicae (liber I, capitulum 12) === Proper noun === Irmin m depending on interpretation or assumption Irmin is either: a Saxon deity an epithet, another name of a Saxon god as Ziu (Zio), Wodan/Wotan or Donar a demigod, halfgod or hero ==== Quotations ==== 1840, Anton Ziegler, Historische Memorabilien des In- und Auslandes, section Deutschland. Karl der Große im Kampfe gegen die Sachsen ==== Related terms ==== Irminsäule Irminsul Irminfried, Irminfrid == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From *irmin. === Proper noun === Irmin m (indeclinable) a male given name A deity, or an epitheton of Ziu or Wotan, mythical founder of the Hermiones.