odal.
Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, especially Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen.
Meaning & usage
Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, especially Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen.
The ownership and claim of such land.
A rune in the Elder Futhark, ᛟ, associated with ancestral land.
Where this word comes from
From Icelandic óðal (“estate”). Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”), Old English ēþel (“homeland”). Compare athel, Odelsthing.
Of or relating to odal land.
Where this word comes from
From Icelandic óðal (“estate”). Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”), Old English ēþel (“homeland”). Compare athel, Odelsthing.
Of or relating to an ode or odes.
Where this word comes from
From ode + -al.
A large liana native to India and Southeastern Asia, Sarcostigma kleinii, used to produce therapeutic seed oil.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Tamil [Term?].
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