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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.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. 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.

    countable · historical · uncountable
  2. The ownership and claim of such land.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A rune in the Elder Futhark, ᛟ, associated with ancestral land.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Icelandic óðal (“estate”). Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”), Old English ēþel (“homeland”). Compare athel, Odelsthing.

adj
  1. Of or relating to odal land.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Icelandic óðal (“estate”). Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”), Old English ēþel (“homeland”). Compare athel, Odelsthing.

adj
  1. Of or relating to an ode or odes.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From ode + -al.

noun
  1. A large liana native to India and Southeastern Asia, Sarcostigma kleinii, used to produce therapeutic seed oil.

    capitalized · obsolete · often
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Tamil [Term?].

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