Woden synonyms

The royal family of Norway claimed descent from Frey, and many royal families, both English and Northern, from Woden (Odin).

Those offered to Odin (Woden) were generally, if not always, men, from the time of Tacitus onwards.

The Danish king " Scyld Scefing," whose story is told in the opening lines of the poem, and his son Beowulf, are plainly identical with Sceldwea, son of Sceaf, and his son Beaw, who appear among the ancestors of Woden in the genealogy of the kings of Wessex given in the Old English Chronicle.

From Woden also most of the anglo-Saxon royal families traced their descent.