Odal (rune)
Othala ( ᛟ ) is the 24th and final rune of the Elder Futhark ( the eighth rune in the third ätt ) with the phonetic value of "O". You lack the Norse runic alphabet. The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name probably means " ( fundamental) possession " and appears in the runic poems as Old English or Gothic Ethel utal.
Use as Odal Rune
The Odal " Rune " is an invention of the author and nationalist esotericist Guido von List in 1902 from the " Armanenfuthark " whose shape in contrast to the invented name and the equally fictional interpretation loosely based on the Othala rune.
The migrant bird song " Hohe Tannen have the stars ," which in the song book " The young people," the Federation of German ring Scouts was first published in 1923, another verse was added during the period of National Socialism, in the rune is summoned:
Odalrune on blood-red cloth, Woe unto us forward to the hardest fight. Odalrune, you mark all outdoors, Be dedicated to the fight of our lives.
Heraldry
In heraldry the Othala rune comes in various forms as so-called " house brand", a common figure before.