Woden

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English word Woden comes from Old English wod, Proto-Germanic *wōdaz, Proto-Germanic *Wātónos

wod (Old English)

Insane, mad, crazy, rabid, wild, raging, senseless, blasphemous. Mad with anger, enraged Madness.

*wōdaz (Proto-Germanic)

Anger; fury. Agitated; furious; angry. Excited; energised; spirited; frenzied; obsessed.

*Wātónos (Proto-Germanic)

*Wōdanaz (Proto-Germanic)

Woden or Odin, the Germanic supreme god. Identified in later times with the Roman god Mercury.

Wōden (Old English)

Woden (English)

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

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