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Woden

American  
[wohd-n] / ˈwoʊd n /
Or Wodan

noun

  1. the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.


Woden British  
/ ˈwəʊdən /

noun

  1. Norse counterpart: Odin. the foremost Anglo-Saxon god

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Woden

before 900; Middle English, Old English Wōden (cognate with German Wotan, Old Norse Ōthinn ), equivalent to wōd wood 2 + -en noun suffix marking headship; Woden was the leader of the Wild Hunt


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It has been called a solar calendar, a Buddhist shrine, a temple of snake worshipers, an altar where defeated leaders were sacrificed to the god Woden.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Southern form of his name was Woden.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Moreover, Ella the Iffing is sent to the race of Northumbria, whose ancestry extends up to the highest, namely to Woden.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

Thor is armed with a hammer, Woden with a spear.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson

He was the son of Odin, or Woden.

From Pine Needles by Susan Warner

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