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Translated from Anglo-Saxon 

Knock-knock!

    Who’s there?

Wodin.

    Wodin who?

Wodin you like to know?

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Hi Richard, That is a good one! The anglo saxon word sounds similar to the modern word of 'would".

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Was wodin the major norse god of the vikings

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In Old Norse he was Odin, because the Vikings dropped their Ws. But Old English carried on calling him Wodin, which was his original name.