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Woden

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Wo·den also Wo·dan  (wdn)
n. Mythology
An Anglo-Saxon god identified with Odin.
[Middle English, from Old English Wden; see wet-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Woden, Wodan [ˈwəʊdən]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) the foremost Anglo-Saxon god Norse counterpart Odin
[Old English Wōden; related to Old Norse Ōthinn, Old High German Wuotan, German Wotan; see Wednesday]
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Noun1.Woden - chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan
Wodan


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He worshiped Christ as he had worshiped Woden, and looked upon Him as a hero, only a little more powerful than the heroes of whom the minstrels sang.
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In religion they had reached a moderately advanced state of heathenism, worshipping especially, it seems, Woden, a 'furious' god as well as a wise and crafty one; the warrior Tiu; and the strong-armed Thunor
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If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and faith, let us at least resist our temptations; let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts.
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