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Odinsman

Odinsman noun: one who honours Odin as their primary god.

Noun

Odinsman (plural Odinsmen)

  1. (Germanic) One who honours Odin as their primary god.
    • This is creating a rather fractured view of Odin in modern times. When many modern Odinsmen talk about him, they talk about him in terms of the ancient views of him, fearing to say anything too radically different from what the ancient lore says of him.2013, Wayland Skallagrimsson, Heathenry: A Study of Asatru in the Modern World, page 50
    • I felt the strain of my personal warder behind me—my lover, an Odinsman—trying to hold the chair.2015, Diana L. Paxson, The Essential Guide to Possession, Depossession, and Divine Relationships, page 242

Forms of Odinsman

pluralOdinsmen

Origin of Odinsman

From Odin + -s- + -man.

Questions about Odinsman

What does Odinsman mean?
Odinsman means one who honours Odin as their primary god.
What part of speech is Odinsman?
Odinsman is a noun.
What is the plural of Odinsman?
The plural of Odinsman is Odinsmen.

Words near Odinsman in the dictionary

  1. odiniids
  2. Odinism
  3. Odinist
  4. Odinists
  5. odinite
  6. Odinsman
  7. Odinsmen
  8. Odinswoman
  9. odintsovite
  10. Odintsovo
  11. Odiongan

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