Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The god of wisdom, war, art, culture, and the dead, and the supreme deity and creator of the cosmos and humans.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Norse myth., the chief god of the Asas, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon Woden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Northern Mythol.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as
Woden , of the German tribes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The supreme god of the Germanic and Norse pantheons, the leader of the
Æsir , after whomWednesday is named; the god ofwar andpoetry , the husband ofFrigga , the father of Balder, Hod, Hermod,Thor , andTyr . The Allfather, the One-eyed, the Terrible One, the Father of Battle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Last night, I unplugged my Xbox 360, dusted off my Playstation 2, and popped in Odin Sphere.
Odin Sphere is Beautifully Bloated pabba 2010
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Last night, I unplugged my Xbox 360, dusted off my Playstation 2, and popped in Odin Sphere.
Odin Sphere is Beautifully Bloated pabba 2010
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As far as Odin is concerned I would go with a classic actor since they will more then likly have a small role.
Rumor: Brad Pitt in the Running for Thor? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Each day they fly from the man-god who is called Odin, and later they return to perch on his shoulders and sing into his ears.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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Does this mean Odin is no longer angry at us for removing the symbols of his solstice celebration?
Sound Politics: "Christmas trees are going back up at Sea-Tac airport." 2006
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The minor disturbance in the Caribbean, I judged from a swift trawl of the chaotic conditions there, would probably collapse into a fizzle, saving the name Odin for another day.
Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999
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Despite the distortions and misinterpretations that have saddled the Word of Odin down through the ages, here we finally have a truly poetic vision of the great War in Heaven that will decide our eventual Destiny, unbesmirched by the haggling of committees over precisely how many Pinks can be deep-fried in the 18th Bardo of Purgatory or how many Normal souls must be sacrificed to purchase a rich SubGenius a ticket to Heaven.
The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983
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Despite the distortions and misinterpretations that have saddled the Word of Odin down through the ages, here we finally have a truly poetic vision of the great War in Heaven that will decide our eventual Destiny, unbesmirched by the haggling of committees over precisely how many Pinks can be deep-fried in the 18th Bardo of Purgatory or how many Normal souls must be sacrificed to purchase a rich SubGenius a ticket to Heaven.
The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983
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Despite the distortions and misinterpretations that have saddled the Word of Odin down through the ages, here we finally have a truly poetic vision of the great War in Heaven that will decide our eventual Destiny, unbesmirched by the haggling of committees over precisely how many Pinks can be deep-fried in the 18th Bardo of Purgatory or how many Normal souls must be sacrificed to purchase a rich SubGenius a ticket to Heaven.
The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983
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I call Odin and Thor and all the gods to hear my vow.
Viking Tales Jennie Hall 1898
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