"Odin" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /əʊdɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /oʊdɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Odin.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊdɪn Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs. Doublet of Woden and Wotan. Related to English wode. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}}, {{lbor|en|non|Óðinn}} Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, {{cog|is|Óðinn}} Icelandic Óðinn, {{cog|nn|Oden}} Norwegian Nynorsk Oden, {{cog|goh|Wodan|||g=|id=|pos=|tr=}} Old High German Wodan, {{cog|ang|Wōden}} Old English Wōden, {{der|en|gem-pro|*Wōdanaz}} Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wōdaz||rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus}} Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*weh₂t-||to be excited}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”), {{cog|non|óðr||rage}} Old Norse óðr (“rage”), {{cog|nl|woede||rage}} Dutch woede (“rage”), {{m|nl|woeden||to rage}} woeden (“to rage”), {{cog|ga|fáidh}} Irish fáidh, {{cog|la|vātēs}} Latin vātēs, {{doublet|en|Woden|Wotan}} Doublet of Woden and Wotan, {{cog|en|wode}} English wode Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Odin
  1. (Norse mythology and paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica. Tags: Norse Categories (topical): Norse mythology, Paganism, Gods, Norse deities Translations (god in Norse mythology): Wodan (Afrikaans), 奧丁 (Chinese Cantonese), 奥丁 (ou³ ding¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 奧丁 (Chinese Mandarin), 奥丁 (Àodīng) (Chinese Mandarin), Odin (Danish), Wodan (Dutch), Odin (Dutch), Odin (Estonian), Óðin [masculine] (Faroese), Odin (Finnish), Odin (French), ოდინი (odini) (Georgian), Wotan (German), Odin (German), Wüeti [Alemannic] (German), Óðinn [masculine] (Icelandic), Óidin [masculine] (Irish), Odino (Italian), オーディン (Ōdin) (Japanese), 오딘 (odin) (Korean), Mercurius [masculine] (Latin), Vōdanus [Medieval] (Latin), Ōdinus [Medieval, masculine] (Latin), Othinus [masculine] (Latin), Odins (Latvian), Odinas (Lithuanian), Wode (Low German), Odin (Low German), ओडिन (oḍin) [masculine] (Marathi), Woden (Middle Low German), Wode (Middle Low German), Odin (Norwegian), Wōden (Old English), Ōþen (Old English), Ōðon [masculine] (Old English), Ōwðen [masculine] (Old English), Woden (Old French), Wēda (Old Frisian), Wōtan (Old High German), Wuotan (Old High German), Óðinn [masculine] (Old Norse), Wōdan (Old Saxon), Odyn (Polish), Odin (Portuguese), Ódin (Portuguese), ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan) (Proto-Norse), О́дин (Ódin) [masculine] (Russian), Odín (Spanish), Oden (Swedish), Одін (Odin) (Ukrainian), Weda (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-Odin-en-name-R8mw3-av Disambiguation of Gods: 76 24 Disambiguation of Norse deities: 67 33 Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, paganism, philosophy, religion, sciences Disambiguation of 'god in Norse mythology': 84 16
  2. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada Categories (place): Mountains, Places in Canada
    Sense id: en-Odin-en-name-GAD6EgKI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: All-Father, Wotan, Woden, Odhin, Odhinn, Othinn (alt: anglicizations, as is Odin), Wodan Derived forms: Odinism, Odinist

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ოდინი"
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          "word": "오딘"
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          "word": "Mercurius"
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          "lang": "Marathi",
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            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada"
      ],
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        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "Baffin Island",
          "Baffin Island#English"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/əʊdɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊdɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊdɪn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Odin.wav",
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "All-Father"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wotan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Woden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Odhin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Odhinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "Othinn"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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    "Odin",
    "Wōdanaz"
  ],
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂t-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊdɪn",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊdɪn/2 syllables",
    "en:Gods",
    "en:Norse deities"
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    {
      "word": "Odinism"
    },
    {
      "word": "Odinist"
    }
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          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "奧丁",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Àodīng"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 奧丁/奥丁 (Àodīng)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 奧丁/奥丁 (Àodīng)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "オーディン",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: オーディン",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: オーディン"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "Óðinn"
      },
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      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "Óðinn"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "Oden"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk Oden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "Wodan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "",
        "id": "",
        "pos": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Wōden"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Wōden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*Wōdanaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wōdaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weh₂t-",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "óðr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rage"
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      "expansion": "Old Norse óðr (“rage”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "woede",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rage"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "woeden",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to rage"
      },
      "expansion": "woeden (“to rage”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fáidh"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish fáidh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vātēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vātēs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Woden",
        "3": "Wotan"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wode"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "en:Paganism"
      ],
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        "A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica."
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          "Norse"
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        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "Æsir",
          "Æsir"
        ],
        [
          "Frigg",
          "Frigg"
        ],
        [
          "Wednesday",
          "Wednesday"
        ],
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          "interpretatio germanica",
          "interpretatio germanica"
        ]
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      ],
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        "Norse"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "paganism",
        "philosophy",
        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Places in Canada"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "mountain"
        ],
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          "Baffin Island",
          "Baffin Island#English"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊdɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-əʊdɪn"
    },
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      ],
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      "word": "All-Father"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wotan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Woden"
    },
    {
      "word": "Odhin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Odhinn"
    },
    {
      "alt": "anglicizations, as is Odin",
      "word": "Othinn"
    },
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      "word": "Wodan"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wodan"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "奧丁"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ou³ ding¹",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "奥丁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "奧丁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Àodīng",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "奥丁"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wodan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Óðin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "odini",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "ოდინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wotan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic"
      ],
      "word": "Wüeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Óðinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Óidin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Ōdin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "オーディン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "odin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "오딘"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mercurius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval"
      ],
      "word": "Vōdanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ōdinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Othinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odins"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odinas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wode"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "oḍin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ओडिन"
    },
    {
      "code": "gml",
      "lang": "Middle Low German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Woden"
    },
    {
      "code": "gml",
      "lang": "Middle Low German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wode"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wōden"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Ōþen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ōðon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ōwðen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Woden"
    },
    {
      "code": "ofs",
      "lang": "Old Frisian",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wēda"
    },
    {
      "code": "goh",
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wōtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "goh",
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wuotan"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Óðinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "osx",
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Wōdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Ódin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmq-pro",
      "lang": "Proto-Norse",
      "roman": "wodan",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ódin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "О́дин"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Odín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Oden"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Odin",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Одін"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "god in Norse mythology",
      "word": "Weda"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Odin",
    "Wōdanaz"
  ],
  "word": "Odin"
}

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