On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Odin. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Odin in a sentence
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Odin meaning
- A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.
- A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.
Synonyms of Odin
Using Odin
- The main meaning on this page is: A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica. | A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.
- Useful related words include: norse deity.
- In the example corpus, odin often appears in combinations such as: of odin, odin and, that odin.
Context around Odin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Odin
- In this selection, "odin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, god, told, away, see, bears and knows stand out and add context to how "odin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and become odin s adopted and and that odin requires no. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "odin" sits close to words such as abstraction, accomplice and ang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with odin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In stanza 52, the disguised Odin asks the jötunn about Odin's own fate. (14 words)
Ollerus ruled under the name Odin for ten years until the true Odin was called back. (16 words)
According to the saga, while Odin was away, Odin's brothers Vili and Vé oversaw Odin's holdings. (18 words)
In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning (chapter 38), the enthroned figure of High explains that Odin gives all of the food on his table to his wolves Geri and Freki and that Odin requires no food, for wine is to him both meat and drink. (45 words)
She told Odin of the malice he had allowed against her and of the theft of her necklace, and that he should give her back her jewelry.sfn Odin said that, given how she obtained it, she would never get it back. (42 words)
Priester, 17. Fröhlich inverts the order of events in Priester and states that with the Odin cult, the Lombards grew their beards in resemblance of the Odin of tradition and their new name reflected this. (35 words)
Odin ends the duel with one final question: what did Odin say to his son before preparing his funeral pyre? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the saga, while Odin was away, Odin's brothers Vili and Vé oversaw Odin's holdings.
That Bragi is Odin's son is clearly mentioned only here and in some versions of a list of the sons of Odin (see Sons of Odin ).
Bringing Odin back again (especially after such a long and bittersweet farewell) would undercut the power of Odin's final choices and Thor's decision to carry on in his stead.
Scientists have identified the oldest known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark, representing evidence of Odin being worshipped as early as the fifth century.
Among many others (see List of names of Odin ), the long-bearded god Odin bears the names jólfaðr main (Old Norse for "Yule father") and jólnir main ("the Yule one").
Bragi is then mentioned, questioning how Odin knows that it is Eric and why Odin has let such a king die.
Freyja went home to her bower as if nothing happened.sfn As related in chapter 2, Loki, under the service of Odin, found out about Freyja's actions and told Odin.
Here Odin and the Æsir are men from Asia who gain power through their prowess in war and Odin's skills.
In chapter 20, Third states that Odin mans Valhalla with the Einherjar: the dead who fall in battle and become Odin's adopted sons.
In stanza 52, the disguised Odin asks the jötunn about Odin's own fate.
In stanzas 54 and 55 of the poem Völuspá, a völva tells Odin that his son Víðarr will avenge Odin's death at Ragnarök by stabbing Fenrir in the heart.
In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning (chapter 38), the enthroned figure of High explains that Odin gives all of the food on his table to his wolves Geri and Freki and that Odin requires no food, for wine is to him both meat and drink.
Odin advances against Fenrir, while Thor moves at his side, though Thor is unable to assist Odin because he has engaged Jörmungandr in combat.
Odin ends the duel with one final question: what did Odin say to his son before preparing his funeral pyre?
Ollerus ruled under the name Odin for ten years until the true Odin was called back.
Petersen says that Odin is associated with disguise and that the masks on the ravens may be portraits of Odin.
Priester, 17. Fröhlich inverts the order of events in Priester and states that with the Odin cult, the Lombards grew their beards in resemblance of the Odin of tradition and their new name reflected this.
She told Odin of the malice he had allowed against her and of the theft of her necklace, and that he should give her back her jewelry.sfn Odin said that, given how she obtained it, she would never get it back.
Sigmund asks Odin why he would expect Eric more than any other king, to which Odin responds that Eric has reddened his gore-drenched sword with many other lands.
This meant that following Loki's machinations which had Thor exiled from Asgard and Odin remaining dead, Balder reigned as King of Asgard until Odin returned.
Common combinations with odin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of odin 25×
- odin and 14×
- that odin 11×
- by odin 10×
- god odin 8×
- odin is 7×
- odin in 6×
- as odin 6×
- odin was 5×
- with odin 5×