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Odal
Odal
n.
Among
the
early
and
medieval
Teutonic
peoples
,
esp
.
Scandinavians
,
the
heritable
land
held
by
the
various
odalmen
constituting
a
family
or
kindred
of
freeborn
tribesmen
;
also
,
the
ownership
of
such
land
.
The
odal
was
subject
only
to
certain
rights
of
the
family
or
kindred
in
restricting
the
freedom
of
transfer
or
sale
and
giving
certain
rights
of
redemption
in
case
of
change
of
ownership
by
inheritance
,
etc
.,
and
perhaps
to
other
rights
of
the
kindred
or
the
tribe
.
Survivals
of
the
early
odal
estates
and
tenure
exist
in
Orkney
and
Shetland
,
where
it is
usually
called
by
the
variant
form
udal
.
Odal
a.
Noting
, or
pert
. to,
odal
land
or
ownership
.
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