ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Alternative forms

ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᛦ (wodinʀ /⁠Wōdinʀ⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, whence also Old English Wōden, Old Saxon Wōden, Old High German Wuotan, Wodan.

Proper noun

ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ (wodinaʀ /Wōdinaʀ/)

Odin, Woden
- c. 5th century, Vindelev bracteate X11
  […] ᚹᛟᛞ[ᛁ]ᚾᚨ[ᛊ]ᚹᛖᚱᚨᛉ […]
  […] wod[i]na[s]weraʀ […]
  […] Wōdinas weraʀ […]
  […] Woden’s man […]
- c. 5th century, Vindelev bracteate X13
  […] ᚹᛟᛞ[ᛁ]ᚾᚨᛊᚹᛖ[ᚱ]ᚨᛉ […]
  […] wod[i]naswe[r]aʀ […]
  […] Wōdinas we[r]aʀ […]
  […] Woden’s man […]

Descendants

Old Norse: Óðinn, ᚢᚦᛁᚾ (uþin), ᚮᚦᛂᚾ (oþen)
- Icelandic: Óðinn
- Faroese: Óðin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Oden, ons- (< Óðins), Odin
- Old Swedish: Ōþin, Ōdhen, Ōdhin
  - Swedish: Oden
- Old Danish: Odhen
  - Scanian: Óðen, Nóðen
  - Danish: Oden
- → Danish: Odin
  - Norwegian Bokmål: Odin
- → Old English: Ōþen, Ōðon, Ōwðen
- → English: Odin
  - → Japanese: オーディン (Ōdin)
  - → Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)
- → Latin: Ōthinus, Ōdinus, Ōthin
  - Italian: Odino
- → Portuguese: Ódin
- → Spanish: Odín
- → German: Odin
  - → French: Odin
- → Swedish: Odin
  - → Finnish: Odin
- → Russian: О́дин (Ódin)

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