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List of names of Odin

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"Ygg" redirects here; not to be confused with YGG.

Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Norse mythology and Germanic paganism. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.

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Odin the Wanderer (the meaning of his name Gangleri); illustration by Georg von Rosen, 1886

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In Old English, Odin was known as Wōden; in Old Saxon, as Wōdan; and in Old High German, as Wuotan or Wōtan.[41]

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Sources

  • Foulke, William Dudley (Trans.) (2003) [1974]. Edward Peters (ed.). History of the Lombards. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812210798.
  • Larrington, Carolyne (Trans.) (1996). The Poetic Edda. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford / New York: Oxford University. ISBN 0192839462.
  • Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford / New York: Oxford University. ISBN 0195153820.
  • Simek, Rudolf (2007) [1993]. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Translated by Angela Hall. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. ISBN 0859913694.

Notes

  1. [a]
    The use of grimmR and the later form grim in the sense "lord" has only a few occurrences from Sweden. In extant Icelandic material, grimmr only appears as an adjective with the meaning "heartless", "strict" and "wicked", which can be compared with the use of adjective gramr ("wrath") as a name for "lord"; see entry for grimmR in the (Nottingham) Runic Dictionary.[5]
  2. [b]
    Also the name of a river, one of the Élivágar.
  3. [c]
    Also the name of a mythological king of Sweden, Fjǫlnir.
  4. [d]
    According to Rudolf Simek, it is unclear if this refers to Odin. See Simek (2007), p. 96.
  5. [e]
    Also an assumed name used by Gylfi.
  6. [f]
    Also the name of a member of a defunct Scandinavian nation, one of the Geats.
  7. [g]
    Also the name of a Geatish king, Gizurr.
  8. [h]
    "Geldnir" in some manuscripts.
  9. [i]
    Also the name of a brother of Loki.
  10. [j]
    The meaning is disputed; Lindow (2001:185) notes Magnus Olsen's argument that "Hroptr" is associated with Odin's seductions, since in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, he takes the name Rofterus when seducing Rind; Larrington (1996:12) translates Hroptr as "sage" in Vǫluspá.
  11. [k]
    Inferred to be a name of Odin from Ítreksjóð, 'offspring of Ítrekr', in a list of Odin's sons in the Eddaic þulur. See (Burrows, 2014).[35]
  12. [l]
    "Sidhofr" in other manuscripts.
  13. [m]
    The plural sigtívar refers to the gods in many Eddic poems.
  14. [n]
    Also the name of a serpent found in the wellspring of Hvergelmir.
  15. [o]
    The root svaf- is an Indo-European cognate to words meaning sleep (Greek hypnos; Latin sopor, sopio, somnus; etc.)
  16. [p]
    See: the story of Vikarr.
  17. [q]
    Also the name of one of the nine daughters of Ægir.
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