Rune 24 of 24 · Tyr's aett
Othala
“inherited land; homeland” · sound: o
Can be drawn reversed when reversals are on.
Historical evidence
Old English eþel, the ancestral home, dear to everyone who can enjoy prosperity there. Its place in the order varies: some early inscriptions put it before Dagaz, others after.
The name Othala is a modern reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic name; the Elder Futhark’s own names are not recorded.
In the rune poems (original texts)
Eþel byþ oferleof æghwylcum men,
gif he mot ðær rihtes and gerysena on
brucan on bolde bleadum oftast.Original texts as printed in Bruce Dickins, Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples, Cambridge University Press, 1915. Public domain. The summary above is Scryway’s own; no translation is reproduced.
Modern interpretation
From 20th-century and later divinatory practice, written for Scryway. Not a historical meaning.
Keywords: heritage, home, what is passed down
Upright
Home, family heritage and lasting values: what you inherit and what you pass on.
Reversed
Ties to the past that confine, disputes over inheritance, or feeling uprooted.