English word origin

Etymology of odal

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

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Source etymology 1

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adj

Of or relating to odal land.

noun

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.

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

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Borrowed-form mentionóðalis · estate
Cognate mentionēþelang

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Source etymology 2

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adj

Of or relating to an ode or odes.

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From ode + -al.

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Word-formation componentodeen
Word-formation component-alen

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Source etymology 3

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noun

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

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Tamil [Term?].

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