Definitions
Definitions
1 öðli ǫðli
n. = óðal (q. v.), a patrimony, whence origin, extraction; ef ek öðli (ǿþli Cod.) ættak sem Ingunnar-Freyr eði svá sælligt setr, Ls. 43; segja til nafns sins ok alls öðlis (æþlis Cod.), to tell one’s name and whereabouts, Hbl. 9: allit., ætt ok öðli, passim; Danskr at øðli, Danish by extraction, Hom.; cp. the forms orðla, orðlum, N. G. L.; for further references, see eðii (the later form); the old form remains in aldar-öðli, see óðal in the Addenda.
Orthography
Orthography
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Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
öðli
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "öðli" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).