Öðli
Old Norse Dictionary - öðli
Meaning of Old Norse word "öðli" (or ǫðli)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- 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: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öðli may be more accurately written as ǫðli.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚦᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)