Odinsman

English

Etymology

From Odin +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

Odinsman (plural Odinsmen)

1. (Germanic paganism) One who honours Odin as their primary god.

   Hyponym: Odinswoman

   • 2013, Wayland Skallagrimsson, Heathenry: A Study of Asatru in the Modern World‎^[1], page 50:

     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.

   • 2015, Diana L. Paxson, The Essential Guide to Possession, Depossession, and Divine Relationships‎^[2], page 242:

     I felt the strain of my personal warder behind me—my lover, an Odinsman—trying to hold the chair.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Odinsman.