Irmin
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Irmin may be
- Old Saxon irmin "strong, whole", maybe also "strong, tall, exalted" (Old High German ermen, Old Norse jǫrmun, Old English Eormen), from Proto-Germanic *erminaz, *ermenaz or *ermunaz, in personal names (Armin, Arminius, Ermenbald, Ermenbert, Ermenfried, Ermenhard, Ermelinda, Erminia, Ermintrude, Emma)
- The mythical founder of the Hermiones tribe, son of Mannus, war god, a possible epithet of Ziu or Wodan
- Bishop Irmin or Ermin, died AD 737
- an alleged Germanic deity in Germanic Neopaganism, see Irminenschaft