*Wōðanaz

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*Wōðanaz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic masculine theonym. Translated as 'lord of frenzy', or as 'leader of the possessed', *Wōðanaz stems from the Proto-Germanic adjective *wōðaz ('possessed, inspired, delirious, raging') attached to the suffix *-naz ('master of'). Internal and comparative evidence all point to the ideas of a divine possession or inspiration, and an ecstatic divination.

When

First attested: 500 BCE
Attested period: -500 – 500

Relationships

co occurs with: Ullr, Ullinn, Oðinn, Wōden, Wōdan, Wuodan, Wuotan

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Odin

Source passages

“They all derive from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic masculine theonym *Wōðanaz (or *Wōdunaz). Translated as 'lord of frenzy', or as 'leader of the possessed', *Wōðanaz stems from the Proto-Germanic adjective *wōðaz ('possessed, inspired, delirious, raging') attached to the suffix *-naz ('master of').”
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