odal
Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, especially Scandinavians, the heritable…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
4 senses(countable, historical, uncountable)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, uncountable)The ownership and claim of such land.
(countable, uncountable)A rune in the Elder Futhark, ᛟ, associated with ancestral land.
(capitalized, obsolete, often)A large liana native to India and Southeastern Asia, Sarcostigma kleinii, used to produce therapeutic seed oil.
Origin
From Icelandic óðal (“estate”). Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”),From Icelandic óðal (“estate”). Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”), Old English ēþel (“homeland”). Compare athel, Odelsthing.
Borrowed from Tamil [Term?].
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Forms
plural: odalsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable