Öðli

Old Norse Dictionary - öðli

Meaning of Old Norse word "öðli" (or ǫðli) in English.

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.)

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