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Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old High German Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English and Old Saxon Woden, German Wotan, and Old Norse Óðinn. The native Dutch Woen is rare (and not inherited) as a simplex, but was preserved through inheritance in compounds, such as woensdag and toponyms like Woensdrecht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋoː.dɑn/
- Hyphenation: Wo‧dan
Proper noun
Wodan m
- the Germanic chief god; Wotan, Odin or Woden
- Synonyms: Odin, Woen
Derived terms
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English Wōden, Lombardic Godan, Old Norse Óðinn.
Proper noun
Wōdan m
- The supreme deity of the Germanic pantheon, coresponding to the Scandinavian god Odin
- 6th or 7th century, Nordendorf Fibula:
ᛚᛟᚷᚨᚦᛟᚱᛖ
ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ
ᚹᛁᚷᛁᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ- logaþore
wodan
wigiþonar - Sorcerers (?)
Wodan
Battle-Donar (?)
- 9th century, Second Merseburg charm, line 5:
phol ende uuodan / uuorun zi holza.- Phol and Wodan were riding to the woods.