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odal

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to odal land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to an ode or odes.

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Usage: not-comparable

Topics: communications, entertainment, journalism, lifestyle, literature, media, music, poetry, publishing, writing

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noun

Meaning 3

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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Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

Topics: law

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noun

Meaning 4

The ownership and claim of such land.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

A rune in the Elder Futhark, ᛟ, associated with ancestral land.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

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

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Usage: capitalized, obsolete, often

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noun

Meaning 7

Alternative letter-case form of odal

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

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

From ode + -al.

Borrowed from Tamil [Term?].