Woden
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- proper noun
- Literature
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Woden
- I posted the following on Star Parker's column, but it really belongs here because Woden never understood Sowell's last column.
Examples
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" Woden,
Blog text (16) -
Forged by Woden, the god of time, legendary blade of King Arthur.
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Woden, since you never understood redistribution of wealth, let me try one more time.
Blog text (16) -
I don't care whether you are a Muslim, Woden-worshipper, or astrologist; your lies cause suffering.
Blog text (18) -
And their point was that what we might be looking at here is a reference to the early God Woden, who's better known by his Scandinavian name of Odin.
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Wednesday: named for Woden, aka Odin, head god of almost everything, maybe a precursor to Father Christmas or Santa Claus, and will be played by Anthony Hopkins in Thor's movie, bringing it all back around.
Blog text (31) -
You do not want an overtly Christian state banning your worship of, say, Vishnu or Woden, and we don't want an atheist state banning worship in general.
Blog text (19) -
Wotan (or Wodan, Woden) was his name among the Southern tribes, including the Saxons, who brought his name into the English tongue to designate the Mercury day as Wodensdag (Wednesday).
Academic text (1990) -
This front matter includes, on the back of the last page of the map (the Jerusalem page), Matthew's own design for the Heptarchy of Britain (Fig. 8), a diagrammatic display of the seven original kingdoms of Britain labeled according to their legendary founding by the sons of Woden.
Academic text (1999) -
In Anglo-Saxon mythology, Woden is revered as the chief god, known for his wisdom and power.
Synonyms
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8.4
The chief god in Norse myths who is linked with war, poetry, and wisdom
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9.9
The chief god in Germanic myths like the Norse god Odin
A main god of old Germanic people like the Norse Odin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Woden is the Old English name for the god we know as Norse Odin, and his name comes from the old root wōd meaning 'fury' or strong 'inspiration'. That's why Woden was seen as a powerful, often wild, wise god, and why the day Wednesday is named after him.