'Udal' definitions:
Definition of 'Udal'
From: GCIDE
- Udal \U"dal\ ([=u]"dal), n. & a. Udalborn \U"dal*born`\, Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, etc.[Icel. [=o][eth]al allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial, Dan. odel.] Vars. of Odal, etc.; property held by udal, or allodial, right -- Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates a freehold, land held in fee simple without any charter and free of any feudal character. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Udal'
From: GCIDE
- Udal \U"dal\, a. Allodial; -- a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney. See Allodial. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] Udaler