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/)
- 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 […]
- c. 5th century, Vindelev bracteate X11
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
- → Latin: Ōthinus, Ōdinus, Ōthin
- Italian: Odino
- → Portuguese: Ódin
- → Spanish: Odín
- → German: Odin
- → French: Odin
- → Swedish: Odin
- → Finnish: Odin
- → Russian: О́дин (Ódin)