Odin

Meaning

1. (Norse) 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.

Synonyms

Woden

Translations

Odin

Odin

Odin

Odin

Odín

Odino

Othinus

Odin

Odin

Οντίν

أودن

Ódin

Thor

Wodan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əʊdɪn/

Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic: Óðinn

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: Oden

Cognate with Old High German: Wodan

Cognate with Old English: Wōden

Cognate with Old Norse: óðr

Cognate with Dutch: woede

Cognate with Irish: fáidh

Cognate with Latin: vātēs

Cognate with English: wode

In summary

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.