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Wotan.

Woden/Odin, a major Germanic god often described as chief of the pantheon.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈvoːtaːn/
  1. Woden/Odin, a major Germanic god often described as chief of the pantheon.

    Germanic · masculine · proper-noun · strong
  2. a male given name from Old High German, of rare usage

    masculine · proper-noun · strong
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old High German Wodan, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with English Woden, Norwegian Nynorsk, Danish, and Swedish Oden, and Icelandic Óðinn. Doublet of Odin.

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