O'DIN I feel. ()14 an, AS. a, OITC:. Wien inn probably eonneeted with Coth. merofs, pos sessed. AS. went, (MC. truoi, frenzied. Cyr. frenzy, (qr. Lat. rafeR, poet ). The chief god of Northern mythology. According to the sagas, Odin and his brothers, Veil and Ve, the sons of Boer, or the first-born. slew Ymir or Chaos, and from his body created the world, con verting his tlesh into dry land; his blood, which at first occasioned a flood, into the sea; his bones into mountains; his skull into the vault of heaven; and his brows into the spot known as Xidgard, the middle part of the earth, intended for the habitation of men. Odin rules heaven and earth, and is omniscient. His seat is Valask jalf, from whence his two black ravens, Hugh( (Thought) and Munin (Memory), tly daily to gather tidings of all that is being done through out the world. As god of war, he holds his court in Valhalla, whither come all brave warriors after death to revel in the tumultous joys in which they took most pleasure while on earth. His greatest treasures are his eight-footed steed Sleipner, his spear Gungner, and his ring Draup nen By drinking from Antilles fountain he be came time wisest of gods and men, but lie pur chased the distinction at the cost of one eye. Frigga is his queen. and the mother of Balder, but he has other wives and favorites, and numer ous sons and daughters.
O'DO, or EUDES, id, OF BAYEUX (c.1036
!17). The half-brother of William 1. of England. lle was made Bishop of Bayeux about 1049. Ile took part in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and received the earldom of Kent ; but it is possible that Ile never received the title of earl. During William's absence from England in 1067 he was one of the two regents and seems to have ruled very tyrannically. Later he fell under William's displeasure and was imprisoned for over four years. Ile was released by Willhim Rufus, against whom he rebelled in IOSS and Was consequently banished from England. Ile died at Palermo in 1097, while on his way to join the crusading armies. Consult Freeman, Norman Conquest, vol. iv. (Oxford, 1871).
ODO, or EUDES, or PAms (e.S.57-98). King of France from 888 to 898. Ile was the son of Robert the Strong, progenitor of the Capetians. odo was Duke of France. Count of Paris, and the defender of the eity during the siege by the No•tbnen in 886. Ilis father's ilopularity and his own valor caused him to be chosen King of the West Franks in S88. after the deposition of Charles the Fat. His reign was troubled by re bellions on the pam•t of the supporters of Charles the Shorty, the Carolingian heir. Odo kept the kingdom, but. before his death, .January I. 895, recommended his followers to recognize Charles as his successor.