Wodan
[ˈwoʊ.dən]Meaning
Old High German form of Proto-Germanic Wōdanaz, "lord of frenzy"
Background Story
Wodan is the Old High German form of a name that goes back through Proto-West Germanic *Wōdan to the Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, a theonym also glossed as "leader of the possessed". Its cognates include Old English and Old Saxon Woden, Lombardic Godan, Old Norse Óðinn and German Wotan. Dutch borrowed the Old High German form, while the native Dutch Woen survives in compounds such as woensdag and in place names such as Woensdrecht.
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