the supreme creator god; the divinity of wisdom, culture, war, and the dead
Germanic counterpart: Wotan, Woden
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O•din
(ō′din),USA pronunciation n. [Scand. Myth.]
O•din′i•an, O•din′ic, O′din•it′ic, adj.
O′din•ism, n.
O′din•ist, n.
- Mythologythe ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom;
Wotan: the chief god.
- Old Norse Ōthinn; cognate with Old English Wōden, Old Saxon Woden, Old High German Wuotan; see Woden
O′din•ism, n.
O′din•ist, n.
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