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Odin

[ oh-din ]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.


Odin

/ ˈəʊdɪn; ˈəʊðɪn /

noun

  1. Norse myth the supreme creator god; the divinity of wisdom, culture, war, and the dead Germanic counterpartWotanWoden
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Odin

  1. In Norse mythology , the solemn ruler of the gods. He was god of wisdom, poetry, farming, and war.
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Notes

Wednesday is named after Odin, using a form of his name that begins with W .
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·徱·· [oh-, din, -ee-, uh, n], ·徱· [oh-, din, -ik], ·徱·· [oh-di-, nit, -ik] adjective
  • ·徱· noun
  • ·徱· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Odin1

From Old Norse Ōٳ󾱲Բ; cognate with Old English ō, Old Saxon Woden, Old High German Wuotan; Woden
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Example Sentences

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He has written a paper with Neil Price, currently professor of archaeology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, about ritual depictions of the one-eyed Norse god Odin.

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I didn't think that the trials were that interesting — the murder trials — because it was kind of obvious that he'd killed Odin Lloyd.

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A year later he shot Alexander Bradley, one of his best friends, through the eye and murdered another man, Odin Lloyd.

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“My heart breaks for my brother who’s no longer with us but it rejoices knowing he’s with his fellow warriors in Valhalla drinking and fighting with Odin,” she wrote in another post on Instagram.

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The witness told investigators Gerner claimed it was a “sacrifice to Odin” after Olsen died, according to the probable cause statement.

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