Etymology

odal

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Icelandic óðal
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odal · noun, adjective1

  1. Icelandic · borrowed fromóðal“estate”
  2. English todayodal

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

odal · adjective2

From ode + -al.

odal · noun3

  1. Tamil · borrowed from[Term?]
  2. English todayodal

Borrowed from Tamil [Term?].

Words from the same roots

Icelandicóðal all →

udal

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