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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element related to the god Óðinn
Ancient Germanic
*wóðana- = 'anger', 'madness' [1]
Old Norse
1) óðr = 'furious', 'eager', 'mad' [2] [3] [4] [5]
1) ōð-r = 'wild', 'furious', 'fiercely' [6]
2) óðr = 'song', 'poetry' [2]
2) ōð-r = 'thought', 'sanity'; 'poem' [6]
Old High German
1) wuot = 'anger', 'fury' [6]
Middle Low German
1) wōd = 'anger', 'fury' [6]
1) wōt = 'anger', 'fury' [6]
Old English
1) wōd = 'eagerness' [6]
Related Names
See Óðinn
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| DIS | see Óðin-Dísa |
| KÅR | see Óðinkárr |
| NY | see Óðný |
See also Amlóði
First Element Forms
Óð-
Odhen-
Odin-
Oðin-
Óðin-
Othin-
Un-
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)