Udal
Definition of Udal:
part of speech: adjective
In Orkney and Shetland, a term applied to land under no feudal superior.
Usage examples:
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Are they all here, Udal
Alec Waugh in "The Loom of Youth". -
The land owned by a peasant was called his udal
Ethlyn T. Clough in "Norwegian Life". -
Among the former are Mahobia, from the town of Mahoba; Sirmaiya, from Sirmau; Orahia, from Orai, the battlefield of the Banaphar generals, Alha and Udal Tikarahia from Tikari, and so on.
R. V. Russell in "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II". -
The Thing or Fylkis Thing was not made up of representatives elected by the people, but was rather a primary assembly of the free udal born peasant- proprietors of the district.
Ethlyn T. Clough in "Norwegian Life".