Óðr

Óðr seen leaving Freya in Carl Emil Doepler's Odur verläßt abermals die trauernde Gattin (1882).

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • In Norse mythology, the husband of Freya and father of Hnoss and Gersemi.

Origin

  • From Proto-Germanic *wōþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-. Cognate with Old English wod and German Wut.

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