Odin

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.dɪn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.dɪn/ Rhymes: -əʊdɪn === Proper noun === Odin (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 ==== All-Father Wotan Woden Odhin, Odhinn, Othinn (anglicizations, as is Odin) Wodan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Chinese: 奧丁 / 奥丁 (Àodīng) → Japanese: オーディン ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === dino, noid, indo, doin', Indo, DINO, Dion, doin, Dino, Noid, doni, dino-, do in, Indo-, nido-, nodi, NOID == Danish == === Alternative forms === Oden === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen. === Proper noun === Odin (genitive Odins) (Norse mythology and paganism) Woden/Odin, A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon. ==== Related terms ==== Odense onsdag == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Odin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.dɛ̃/ === Proper noun === Odin m (Norse mythology) Odin (god) == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse Óðinn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoːdɪn/ Hyphenation: Odin === Proper noun === Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin) (Norse mythology) Odin ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Odinshühnchen === Further reading === “Odin” in Duden online == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Danish Odin; learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. === Proper noun === Odin (Norse mythology) Odin. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Oden === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Related to od (“mad, wild, frenzied”). Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Danish and Swedish Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²uː(d)ɪn, -in/ ==== Proper noun ==== Odin m (Midlandsnormalen, Norse mythology and paganism) alternative form of Oden (“Odin”), a major Germanic god ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse Auðunn or from Óðinn. ==== Proper noun ==== Odin m a male given name from Old Norse == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Ódin === Etymology === From Old Norse Óðinn. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Odin m (Norse mythology) Odin (the supreme god)