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Odinswoman

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Etymology

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From Odin +‎ -s- +‎ -woman.

Noun

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Odinswoman (plural Odinswomen)

  1. (Germanic paganism) A woman who honours Odin as her primary god.
    Hypernym: Odinsman
    • 2003 June 2, Peter Carlson, “Hex Advice, Coven To Coven”, in The Washington Post[1]:
      Rev. Galina Krasskova is currently gythia of Urdabrunnr Kindred in New York and has been a dedicated Odinswoman, practicing seidhrkona and would be ju-ju woman for close to a decade.
    • 2015, Diana L. Paxson, The Essential Guide to Possession, Depossession, and Divine Relationships[2], page 242:
      I had established that I am not an Odinswoman.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Odinswoman.