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odin

/ˈoʊ.dɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
odin
IPA
/ˈoʊ.dɪn/
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *weh₂t-, *Wōdanaz, *wōdaz

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈoʊ.dɪn/
  • British English: /ˈəʊ.dɪn/

Derived Forms

Odinian Odinic Odinism Odinist odinite Odinsman Odinswoman

Frequently Paired Words

Óðinn

Synonyms

All-Father Wotan Woden Odhin Odhinn Othinn Wodan

Rhymes With

snowden bowden boden snowdon oden roden lowden rhoden soden rowden loden sowden

Questions

How do you pronounce odin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊ.dɪn/.
What does odin mean?
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.
Where does odin come from?
It is traced to Proto-Germanic.

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