ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᛦ (wodinʀ /⁠Wōdinʀ⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, whence also Old English Wōden, Old Saxon Wōden, Old High German Wuotan, Wodan.

Proper noun

ᚹᛟᛞᛁᚾᚨᛉ (wodinaʀ /Wōdinaʀ/)

1. Odin, Woden
   • c. 5th century, Vindelev bracteate X11

     […] ᚹᛟᛞ[ᛁ]ᚾᚨ[ᛊ]ᚹᛖᚱᚨᛉ […]
     […] wod[i]na[s]weraʀ […]

     […] Wōdinas weraʀ […]

     […] Woden’s man […]

   • c. 5th century, Vindelev bracteate X13

     […] ᚹᛟᛞ[ᛁ]ᚾᚨᛊᚹᛖ[ᚱ]ᚨᛉ […]
     […] wod[i]naswe[r]aʀ […]

     […] Wōdinas we[r]aʀ […]

     […] Woden’s man […]

Descendants

• Old Norse: Óðinn, ᚢᚦᛁᚾ (uþin), ᚮᚦᛂᚾ (oþen)
  • Icelandic: Óðinn
  • Faroese: Óðin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Oden, ons- (< Óðins), Odin
  • Old Swedish: Ōþin, Ōdhen, Ōdhin
    • Swedish: Oden
  • Old Danish: Odhen
    • Scanian: Óðen, Nóðen
    • Danish: Oden
  • → Danish: Odin
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Odin
  • → Old English: Ōþen, Ōðon, Ōwðen
  • → English: Odin
    • → Japanese: オーディン (Ōdin)
    • → Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)
  • → Latin: Ōthinus, Ōdinus, Ōthin
    • Italian: Odino
  • → Portuguese: Ódin
  • → Spanish: Odín
  • → German: Odin
    • → French: Odin
  • → Swedish: Odin
    • → Finnish: Odin
  • → Russian: О́дин (Ódin)