All-föðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "all-föðr" (or all-fǫðr)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

all-föðr (all-fǫðr)

m. father of all, Edda 2, 6, 13 (a name of Odin), v. alföðr.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, all-föðr may be more accurately written as all-fǫðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚ-ᚠᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements