Woden

See also: woden

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English Wōden, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Doublet of Odin.

Proper noun

Woden

1. The Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war.

Synonyms

• Odin

Related terms

• Wednesday

Translations

the Germanic chief god

• Dutch: Woen m, Wodan m, Odin (nl) m
• French: Odin (fr), Wotan (fr)

• German: Wotan (de)

Anagrams

• Downe, downe, endow, nowed, owned, woned

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Old English

Alternative forms

• Ƿōden

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old Saxon Wōdan, Old High German Wuotan, Old Norse Óðinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwoː.den/

Proper noun

Wōden m

1. Woden
   • 10th century, Codex Exoniensis 341, 28:

     Wōden worhte wēos, wuldor alwalda rūme roderas

     Woden made idols, the Almighty made glory and the vast skies

Declension

Declension of Woden (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Wōden	—
accusative	Wōden	—
genitive	Wōdnes	—
dative	Wōdne	—

Derived terms

• Wōdening
• wōdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”)

Descendants

• → English: Woden