Odalman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Odalman is a noun meaning (historical) A man having odal, or able to share in it by inheritance.
Meaning
(historical) A man having odal, or able to share in it by inheritance.
Example Sentences
If, then, at the time of the laws we look at the class of landowners who were prominent as odalmen or haulds—typical men with wergelds originally of 100 cows—they were not only men of full kindred whose full pedigree of freedom went back the necessary nine generations, but their grandfather’s grandfather must have possessed the land.
Word Forms
- odalmen
Synonyms for odalman
Depending on context, synonyms include hauld.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include commoner, bondman, loverman, heir, heirdom, birthdom.
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