# Odin
## 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: /əʊdɪn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /oʊdɪn/
* Rhymes: -əʊdɪn

### Proper noun

Odin
* (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.
* A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada

#### Synonyms

* All-Father
* Wotan
* Woden
* Odhin, Odhinn, Othinn (anglicizations, as is Odin)
* Wodan

#### Derived terms

* Odinism
* Odinist

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 奧丁 / 奥丁 (Àodīng)
* → Japanese: オーディン

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* dino, noid, indo, doin', Indo, DINO, Dion, doin, Dino, Noid, doni, dino-, do in, Indo-, nido-, nodi, NOID

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* Oden

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen.

### Proper noun

Odin
* (Norse mythology and paganism) Woden/Odin, A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon.

#### Related terms

* Odense
* onsdag

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Odin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.dɛ̃/

### Proper noun

Odin m
* (Norse mythology) Odin (god)

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Óðinn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoːdɪn/
* Hyphenation: Odin
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin)
* (Norse mythology) Odin

#### Derived terms

* Odinshühnchen

### Further reading

* “Odin” in Duden online

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Odin
* (Norse mythology) Odin.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* Oden

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Related to od (“mad, wild, frenzied”). Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Danish and Swedish Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²uː(d)ɪn, -in/

#### Proper noun

Odin m
* (Midlandsnormalen, Norse mythology and paganism) alternative form of Oden (“Odin”), a major Germanic god.
** 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.

##### Related terms

* onsdag (“Wednesday”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse Auðunn or from Óðinn.

#### Proper noun

Odin m
* a male given name from Old Norse

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Ódin

### Etymology

From Old Norse Óðinn.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Odin m
* (Norse mythology) Odin (the supreme god)