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Óðinn

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse óðr = 'furious', 'eager', 'mad' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

2) Old Norse óðr = 'song', 'poetry' [1]

3) Celtic *ûātis = 'priest' [6] [7]

Related Names

Óðin ♂
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 Faroese
Odinn ♂
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 Norwegian
Oðinn ♂
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 Old Norse
Óðinn ♂
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 Icelandic Old Norse

See also Odhinn

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Óðinsson Iceland

Female

Óðinsdóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see ODIN (name element)

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Óðinn
Accusative: Óðin
Dative: Óðni
Genitive: Óðins

Further Information

Place Names

The Danish place name Odense derives from Óðins Vi = 'Óðinn's Sanctuary'

Norse Mythology

Óðinn is the chief god of the Æsir in the Northern mythology, the god of wisdom, poetry, magic, runes, ecstasy and the god of the dead and of war. According to the Ynglingasaga, Óðinn is one of the first kings of the Ynglingar.

Óðinn and his brothers Vili and Vé are sons of the giants Burr and Bestla. With his brothers he created the first people Askr and Embla.

He lives in Ásgarðr in Hliðskjálf from where he can look over the whole world.

He acquires his knowledge from Mímir's head and by drinking from Mímir's well, but he had to sacrifice an eye in order to do so. [2] [3]

Óðinn's Children

Óðinn's Attributes

[2] [3]

Óðinn's Names

[3] [1] [9] [10] [11] [12] [4]

Trivia

The Swedish, Danish and Norwegian name for Wednesday, onsdag, derives from Old Norse óðinsdagr = 'Óðinn's day'

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[13]
356 437
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[14]
7
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 7
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[15]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[16]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[17]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[18]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Óðinn (m) Sources: [19]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  8. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  9. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  10. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  11. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  12. ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  16. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  17. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  18. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  19. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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