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O⋅din

[oh-din]
–noun Scandinavian Mythology.
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
Also, Othin.


Origin:
< ON Ōthinn; c. OE Wōden, OS Woden, OHG Wuotan; see Woden


O⋅din⋅i⋅an, O⋅din⋅ic, O⋅din⋅it⋅ic, adjective
O⋅din⋅ism, noun
O⋅din⋅ist, noun
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O·din   (ō'dĭn)   
n.   Mythology
The Norse god of wisdom, war, art, culture, and the dead and the supreme deity and creator of the cosmos and humans.

[Old Norse Ōdhinn; see wet-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

Odin [(oh-din)]

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

Note: Wednesday is named after Odin, using a form of his name that begins with W.
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Word Origin & History

Odin 
chief Teutonic god, the All-Father, a 19c. revival in ref. to Scandinavian neo-paganism, from Dan., from O.N. Oðinn, from P.Gmc. *Wod-enaz- (source of O.E. Woden, O.H.G. Wuotan), probably from *wod-eno-/*wod-ono- "raging, mad, inspired," from base *wet- "to blow, inspire, spiritually arouse" (see wood (adj.)).
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