Óðals-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - óðals-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "óðals-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- óðals-maðr
- m. [mod. Norse odels-mann], an allodial owner, like the ‘statesman’ of Westmorland, Gþl. 289, 296: metaph., væra ek sannr óðalsmaðr til Noregs, rightful heir of Norway, Fms. ix. 326.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚦᛅᛚᛋ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)