No the 'd' in Odin is also a hard d in Danish. Thought the city named after him, Odense, is today pronounced with a soft d. Don't know about olden times and pronounciations in the Norse language.
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I think Old Norse kept the soft sound longer than Germanic. Our Anglo-Saxon Wotan was already established when the Norse brought Odin to northern areas, which had the soft d—a hill near me called Roseberry Topping comes from Oth’s beorg tor pen, Odin’s hill hill hill. Danish must’ve changed later?
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Oth's beorg becoming Roseberry is incredibly poetic - thanks for that, Dan.
jul 22, 2025, 7:49 pm • 2 0 • view
I wouldn't know, I'm not a linguist.
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