Odin

See also: Odín, Ódin, Ōdin, and Óðin

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, akin to Old High German Wuotan 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. Related to English wode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊdɪn/
• IPA^(key): /oʊdɪn/
• Rhymes: -əʊdɪn

Proper noun

Odin

1. (Norse mythology and Germanic paganism) 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 Frigg, the father of Balder, Hod, Hermod, Thor, and Tyr.

Synonyms

Other forms of the name Odin

• Wodan, Óðinn (Old Icelandic)
• Wōden (Old English)
• Wuotan (Old High German)

• Wodan (Old Saxon)
• Odhin, Odhinn, Othinn (anglicizations, as is Odin)
• Oden (familiar form used in mainland Scandinavia)

Other names for Odin

• Báleygr (Old Norse)
• Biflindi (Old Norse)
• Bileygr (Old Norse)
• Bolverkr (Old Norse)

• Dorruðr (Old Norse)
• Eyluðr (Old Norse)
• Tveggi (Old Norse)
• Valfǫðr (Old Norse)

Translations

in Norse mythology, the supreme god

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Ou³ ding¹)

  Mandarin: 奧丁／奥丁 (zh) (Àodīng)

• Danish: Odin
• Dutch: Wodan, Odin (nl)
• Estonian: Odin
• Faroese: Óðin m
• Finnish: Odin (fi)
• French: Odin (fr)
• Georgian: ოდინი (odini)
• German: Wotan (de), Odin (de), Wüeti (Alemannic)
• Icelandic: Óðinn (is) m
• Italian: Odino (it)
• Japanese: オーディン (ja) (Ōdin)
• Korean: 오딘 (ko) (odin)
• Latin: Othinus m
• Latvian: Odins
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• Lithuanian: Odinas
• Low German: Wode; Odin
• Marathi: ओडिन m (oḍin)
• Middle Low German: Woden, Wode
• Norwegian: Odin
• Old English: Wōden
• Old French: Woden
• Old Frisian: Wēda
• Old High German: Wōtan, Wuotan
• Old Norse: Óðinn m
• Old Saxon: Wōdan
• Polish: Odyn
• Portuguese: Odin, Ódin
• Proto-Norse: ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan)
• Russian: О́дин (ru) m (Ódin)
• Spanish: Odín
• Swedish: Oden (sv)
• West Frisian: Weda

Anagrams

• DINO, Dino, Dion, Indo-, NOID, dino, do in, doin, doin', indo, nido-, nodi

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Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Óðinn.

Proper noun

Odin

1. (Norse mythology) Odin

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Odin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.dɛ̃/

Proper noun

Odin m

1. (Norse mythology) Odin (god)

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German

Etymology

From Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Odin m (genitive Odin or Odins)

1. (Norse mythology) Odin

Derived terms

• Odinshühnchen

Further reading

• “Odin” in Duden online

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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.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ódin

Etymology

From Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.ˈd͡ʒĩ/

Proper noun

Odin m

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