éðel

m (éðles/éðlas), n (éðles/-) 1. one's own residence or poroperty, inheritance, ancestral home, country, realm, land, native land, dwelling, home; in connection with human beings, (1) a person's native country, fatherland; (1a) the land of the living, this world; (1b) an adopted country; (1c) fig. proper condition (1d) used of heaven (or hell) as the home of man after death; 2. the land, abode of spirits; (1) of heaven; (2) of hell; 3. used in poetry of the sea as the home of fishes or birds; hwǽles \éðel the sea; 4. the name of the rune for œ;