Wodan
See also: wodan
Dutch
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Old High German Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English and Old Saxon Woden, German Wotan, and Old Norse Óðinn. The native Dutch Woen is rare (and not inherited) as a simplex, but was preserved through inheritance in compounds, such as woensdag and toponyms like Woensdrecht.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWodan m
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editOld High German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English Wōden, Lombardic Godan, Old Norse Óðinn.
Proper noun
editWōdan m
- The supreme deity of the Germanic pantheon, coresponding to the Scandinavian god Odin
- 6th or 7th century, Nordendorf Fibula:
- ᛚᛟᚷᚨᚦᛟᚱᛖ
ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ
ᚹᛁᚷᛁᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ- logaþore
wodan
wigiþonar - Sorcerers (?)
Wodan
Battle-Donar (?)
- logaþore
- 9th century, Second Merseburg charm, line 5:
- phol ende uuodan / uuorun zi holza.
- Phol and Wodan were riding to the woods.
- 6th or 7th century, Nordendorf Fibula:
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