Woden (Eald Englisc)

Þis is þæt side þe cyð þone god wisdome. Gif þu wille þæt tungol Woden geseon, gese; Woden(tungol). Þis is þǣre bēc swāþeah ānlīce on Eald Englisc. Gif þū woldest geseon þā þe is on Eald Englisc and Nīwe Englisc bēgen, geseoh: Wōden.

Wodin (of ǣlces cyndes Norrena: Óðinn) is swīðe ārwurð god on Norrena þēaw and Germaniscum hǣðendōme. Mǣst þāra þe belifað be Wodine cymð of Norrena þēaw, ac hē cymð beorhtlīce forð on þǣre becwedenre rǣd of Norðerne Europe. Þis inlīcð Romana Rīces dǣl-gewununge Germanie (ymbe 2 ǣr Cristes acennednysse), þā Ferlǣtend Tīd (feorðan tō syxtean hundgeres Cristes) and þā Wicinga Tīd (eahtoðan tō endleofan hundgeres Cristes). For þissum hæfde Wodin hundteontigra naman and titul. Sume þāra cumað of ǣtywedum Frum-Germaniscum god-naman Wōðanaz, þæt is "frēa wōdes" oððe "heretoga þāra āgenra", þæt mæg belimpan tō þæs goddes strangum gemǣrsodnysse mid lēoðcræfte.

Mæst eallra þara myþologisca spell be Odine þurhwuniaþ of þam XIII. hundeaþe Prosa Edda and ealdre gaderung eald Norðerne leoð, þære Lioð Edda, samod oðrum Norðernum þingum swilce Ynglinga saga. Seo Prosa Edda and oðre bec awriaþ Odines heafod þæs godcynnes, hwilum genemned Æsir, and berende spere and hring. Wiðer spræce awriaþ Odine sunu Bestlan and Borr; broðor Vili and Vé; and hyra gemæcca þære gydenne Frigg, mid þære he fæderode Baldr. Odin hæfþ manega oðre suna, in þam is Þor, þe he begat mid eorðgydene Jörð. He is hwilum fylged by deorlicum gemærsodum, swilce þa hræfnas Huginn and Muninn and þa wulfas Geri and Freki. Seo Prosa Edda awrit Odines and his broðra gesceap þæs middangeardes þurh ofslean þæs ærestan wesendes Ymir, and his syllan lif þam ærestan mannum Ask and Embla. Odin is oft gecweden langbeard, hwilum eald man, and eac hæbbende an eage, forlæten þæt oðer for wisdom.

Odin is wide gehæfd swa god þæra deadra and wiges. On þisum weorce, he onfæng slægene cempa—þa einherjar—æt Valhöll ("Hræ-hall" oððe "Heall þæra Slægene") on Asgarde rice. Seo Lioð Edda hæfþ hine gemærsod mid Valkyrjum, witodlice swa heora ealdor. On þam myþican towearde, Odin læt þa einherjar æt Ragnarök, þær he is ofslægen fram þam micclan wulfe Fenrir. Rædas þara ealdra ferðgæsta to Norðerne Europe secgað þæt man offrunga dydon Odine.