Odin

See also: Odín, Ódin, Ōdin, and Óðin

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): /əʊdɪn/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /oʊdɪn/
  • Rhymes: -əʊdɪn

Proper noun

Odin

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

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Descendants

  • Chinese: 奧丁奥丁 (Àodīng)
  • Japanese: オーディン

Translations

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Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Óðinn.

Proper noun

Odin

  1. (Norse mythology) Odin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Odin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.dɛ̃/

Proper noun

Odin m

  1. (Norse mythology) Odin (god)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoːdɪn/
  • Hyphenation: Odin
  • (file)

Proper noun

Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin)

  1. (Norse mythology) Odin

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Odin” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Danish Odin; learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.

Proper noun

Odin

  1. (Norse mythology) Odin.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²uː(d)ɪn, -in/

Proper noun

Odin m

  1. (Midlandsnormalen, Norse mythology) alternative form of Oden (Odin)
    • 1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kongesogur, page 7:
      Odin var ein stor her-mann og var mykje vidfarin, og lagde mange rike under seg.
      Odin was a great military man, well-traveled, and conquered many kingdoms.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse Auðunn or from Óðinn.

Proper noun

Odin m

  1. a male given name from Old Norse

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈd͡ʒĩ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.din/ [ˈɔ.ðin]

Proper noun

Odin m

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