Results for Udal

Definitions of Udal:

part of speech: noun

UDAL, a freehold estate, UDALLER, a holder of such.

part of speech: adjective

In Orkney and Shetland, a term applied to land under no feudal superior.

part of speech: adjective

Applied to land held solely by uninterrupted succession, under no feudal superior.

Usage examples for Udal:

• 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. "Norwegian Life", Ethlyn T. Clough

• 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. "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II", R. V. Russell

• Are they all here, Udal "The Loom of Youth", Alec Waugh

• The land owned by a peasant was called his udal "Norwegian Life", Ethlyn T. Clough