Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*Wōdanaz
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, most common first.
- OdinA 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.
- WodenThe Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war (corresponding to Odin), especially in his Anglo-Saxon form.