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The Elder Futhark Odal rune (), also known as the 'Othala' rune, represents the ''o'' sound. Its reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is *''ōþalan'' "heritage; inheritance, inherited estate". It was in use for epigraphy during the 3rd to the 8th centuries. It is not continued in the Younger Futhark, disappearing from the Scandinavian record around the 6th century, but it survived in the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, and expressed the Old English ''œ'' phoneme during the 7th and 8th centuries. Its name is attested as ''ēðel'' in the Anglo-Saxon manuscript tradition. The rune is encoded in Unicode at codepoint U+16DF: ==Name and etymology== The Common Germanic stem ''ōþala-'' or ''ōþila-'' "inherited estate" is an ablaut variant of the stem ''aþal-''. It consists of a root ''aþ-'' and a suffix ''-ila-'' or ''-ala-''. The suffix variant accounts for the umlauted form ''ēþel''. Germanic ''aþal‑'' had a meaning of (approximately) "nobility", and the derivation ''aþala‑'' could express "lineage, (noble) race, descent, kind", and thus "nobleman, prince" (whence Old English atheling), but also "inheritance, inherited estate, property, possession". Its etymology is not clear, but it is usually compared to ''atta'' "father" (cf. the name Attila, ultimately baby talk for "father"). There is an apparent, but debated, etymological connection of “Odal” to “Adel” (Old High German adal or edil), meaning “nobility, noble family line, or exclusive group of superior social status; aristocracy”, typically associated with major land holdings and fortifications.〔:de:Adel〕 The term ''oþal'' (Old High German ''uodal'') is a formative element in some Germanic names, notably ''Ulrich'' and variants;, the stem ''aþal'' is more frequent, found in Gothic names such as Athalaric, Ataulf, etc. and in Old High German names such as ''Adalbert'',〔Schönfeld, Wörterbuch der altgermanischen Personen- und Völkernamen, 1911, 1f. (Adalharius, Adalhildis, Adalwal, Adaric, Adica, Adila), 33ff. (Athala, Athalaricus, Athanagildus, Athanaricus, Athavulfus), Reichert, Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen 2, 1990, 469 (Adalhari, Adalhildis, Adulouuald, Adaluuial, Atala, Athala, Athalaric, Adaric, Alaric)〕 Adel Unrelated, but difficult to separate etymologically, is the root ''aud-'' "wealth, property, possession, prosperity";〔Pokorny (1959), p. 76〕 from this root are names such as ''Edmund'' and other English names with the ''ed'' prefix (from Old English ''ead''), German ''Otto'' and various Germanic names beginning with ''ed-'' or ''od-''. Possibly related is ''euþa, euþu'' a word for "child, offspring" (attested in Old Norse ''jóð'', and possibly in the name of the Iuthungi). Odal was associated with the concept of inheritance in ancient Scandinavian property law. Some of these laws are still in effect today, and govern Norwegian property. These are the ''Åsetesrett'' (homestead right), and the ''Odelsrett'' (allodial right). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Odal (rune)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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