Wodan

See also: wodan

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old High German Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English and Old Saxon Woden, German Wotan, and Old Norse Óðinn. The native Dutch Woen is rare (and not inherited) as a simplex, but was preserved through inheritance in compounds, such as woensdag and toponyms like Woensdrecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoː.dɑn/
• Hyphenation: Wo‧dan

Proper noun

Wodan m

1. the Germanic chief god; Wotan, Odin or Woden

   Synonyms: Odin, Woen

Derived terms

• Wodansbaard, wodansbaard
• Wodansdag
• wodankies
• Wodanskruid, wodanskruid
• Wodansvogel

Related terms

• woensdag

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoːdaːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Wodan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wodans)

1. alternative form of Wotan

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan), Uuodan, Wuotan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English Wōden, Lombardic Godan, Old Norse Óðinn.

Proper noun

Wōdan m

1. The supreme deity of the Germanic pantheon, corresponding to the Scandinavian god Odin
   • c. late 500s – early 600s, Inscription on the First Nordendorf Fibula:

     ᛚᛟᚷᚨᚦᛟᚱᛖ
     ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ
     ᚹᛁᚷᛁᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ

     logaþore
     wodan
     wigiþonar

     Sorcerers (?)
     Wodan
     Battle-Donar (?)

   • c. 800 CE – 900 CE, Second Merseburg Charm line 1:

     Phol ende uuodan / uuorun zi holza.

     Phol and Wodan were riding to the woods.

Declension

Declension of Wōdan (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	Wōdan	Wōdanā, Wōdana
accusative	Wōdan	Wōdanā, Wōdana
genitive	Wōdanes	Wōdano
dative	Wōdane	Wōdanum
instrumental	Wōdanu	—

Descendants

• → Dutch: Wodan (learned)
• → German: Wotan, Wodan, Wuodan, Wuotan (learned)
  • → English: Wotan
• → Latin: Vōdanus

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “Wodan*”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition