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Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.

List

In Old English, Odin was known as Wōden; in Old Saxon, as Wōdan; and in Old High German, as Wuotan or Wōtan.

See also

• List of names of Thor
• List of names of Freyr
• List of kennings
• Mercurius Cimbrianus
• Names of God in Old English poetry
• Godan and Wodan

Notes

1. ^ Simek (2007:7)
2. Simek (2007:8).
3. Simek (2007:18).
4. Simek (2007:12).
5. The use of grimmR and the later form grim in the sense "lord" has only a few occurrences from Sweden. In extant Icelandic material grimmr only appears as an adjective with the meaning "heartless", "strict" and "wicked", which can be compared with the use of adjective gramr ("wrath") as a name for "lord", see Runic Dictionary Entry for grimmR Archived 24 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine at the runic dictionary of the university of Nottingham.
6. ^ Townend, Matthew (2 July 2012). "Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa 1". Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. 1: 1076. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via skaldic.org.
7. Simek (2007:36).
8. Simek (2007:32).
9. Simek (2007:37).
10. Simek (2007:38).
11. Simek (2007:46).
12. Simek (2007:40).
13. Simek (2007:43).
14. Finnur Jónsson (1926–28). Ordbog til de af samfund til udg. af gml. nord. litteratur udgivne rímur samt til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek udgivne bósarimur, pp. 51–51. København: J. Jørgensen & Co.
15. ^ Blumetti, Robert. (2019). The Norse Gods and Their Myths, p. 130
16. Heimskringla I (2011) Ch. 7, pp.10.
17. Simek (2007:78).
18. Simek (2007:79).
19. Also the name of a river, one of the Élivágar.
20. ^ Simek (2007:83).
21. Also the name of a mythological king of Sweden, Fjǫlnir.
22. Simek (2007:84-85).
23. Simek (2007:85).
24. Simek (2007:88).
25. Simek (2007:89).
26. Simek (2007:96).
27. Simek (2007:97 & 99).
28. Also an assumed name used by Gylfi.
29. Simek (2007:99).
30. ^ Simek (2007:100).
31. Also the name of a member of a defunct Scandinavian nation, one of the Geats.
32. Simek (2007:102).
33. Also the name of a Geatish king, Gizurr.
34. "Geldnir" in other manuscripts.
35. Heimskringla I (2011) Ch. 7, pp.10.
36. Also the name of a brother of Loki.
37. The meaning is disputed according to Lindow but Larrington gives the translation "Sage" in the Poetic Edda.
38. inferred from Ítreksjóð "offspring of Ítrekr" in a some recencions of the Eddaic þulur. See Hannah Burrows in Chase (ed.), Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond: Poetic Variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway, Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 122 Archived 4 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine.
39. ed. Þórhallur Vilmundarson/Bjarni Vilhjálmsson, Íslenzk fornrit 13, Reykjavík 1991, p. 163
40. ed. Guðni Jónsson, Fornaldar sǫgur Norðurlanda 2, Reykjavík 1954, pp. 279ff.
41. "Sidhofr" in other manuscripts.
42. In plural, sigtívar refers to the gods in many Eddic poems.
43. Also the name of a serpent found in the wellspring of Hvergelmir.
44. Mallory, James P.; Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. London: Routledge. p. 527. ISBN 978-1-884964-98-5
45. Also the name of one of the nine daughters of Ægir.

Further reading

• Bǫdl, Klaus (2013). "Odin: Der Gott Der Vielen Namen". Gǫtter und Mythen des Nordens ein Handbuch. Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-65219-6. OCLC 901930521.

External links

• MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository) Illustrations of Bǫlverkr from manuscripts and early print books.

• Germanic paganism and mythology lists
• Names of Odin