Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Anglo-Saxon god corresponding to the Norse god Odin.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Anglo-Saxon form of the name of the deity called by the Norse Odin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Northern Myth.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.

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  • proper noun The Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war.

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  • noun chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English Wōden; see wet- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Old English Wōden, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cf. the doublet Odin, borrowed from Old Norse, ultimately from the same source.

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Examples

  • [Illustration: WODEN] "In the spring they were told that Woden made the leaves come and the flowers open.

    Classic Myths Mary Catherine Judd

  • The first toast at every festival here was drunk in his honour, and, besides the first of May, one day in every week was held sacred to him, and, from his Saxon name, Woden, was called Woden's day, whence the English word "Wednesday" has been derived.

    Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

  • But I feared, and two days before the wedding went to Harleston, where the king was, and urged him to have forces along the great wall we call Woden's Dyke even yet.

    Wulfric the Weapon Thane 1884

  • He was of the planet which humans had dubbed Woden, well within the Imperial sphere.

    The Game Of Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1985

  • And the passing of the Wild Hunt, known as Woden's Hunt, the Raging Host, Gabriel's

    Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

  • And those people who believe that think that those who believe that there is a powerful force called Woden, for example, are idiots.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ladylove 2010

  • The Mighty Thor may finally have found his father, with the news that Anthony Hopkins is in talks to play the one-eyed Norse Allfather Odin (aka Woden, Wotan, or if you're a Neil Gaiman fan, Mr Wednesday) in Kenneth Branagh's mythic Marvel epic.

    Empire News 2009

  • From the sound of the article, I think perhaps the town may have originally been called something with the god's name "Woden" in it - Wodentown - Woodstown...

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

  • From the sound of the article, I think perhaps the town may have originally been called something with the god's name "Woden" in it - Wodentown - Woodstown...

    Viking Trading Center Discovered in Ireland Jan 2008

  • And under different names, such as Woden (another form of Odin), Thor,

    Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

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