Öl-rún

Meaning of Old Norse word "öl-rún" (or ǫl-rún)

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

Old Norse word öl-rún can mean:öl-rún

öl-rún (ǫl-rún)

f. a myth, word, cp. Germ. alruna, i. e. mandragora or mandrake, for which see Grimm’s Mythol.

öl-rún (ǫl-rún)

II. a pr. name of the swan maiden in Vkv., where, however, the name may be Gaelic, from eala = a swan (Mr. Baring Gould’s Curious Myths, 2nd Series, No. ix).

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

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