Odin
pronunciation
How to pronounce Odin in British English:
UK [ˈəudin]
How to pronounce Odin in American English:
US [ˈodɪn]
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- Noun:
- (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
Word Origin
- Odin
- chief Teutonic god, the All-Father, a 19c. revival in reference to Scandinavian neo-paganism, from Danish, from Old Norse Oðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz, name of the chief Germanic god (source of Old English Woden, Old High German Wuotan), from PIE *wod-eno-, *wod-ono- "raging, mad, inspired," from root *wet- (1) "to blow; inspire, spiritually arouse" (see wood (adj.)).
Example
- 1. We must hide the hammer as odin did .
- 2. The most powerful of these gods was odin .
- 3. While in san francisco odin the white bengal tiger dives for his food .
- 4. Odin 's house is full of traitors .
- 5. Odin will never speak to you .