Odalborn

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inheriting land by odal. historical, not-comparable

    "The odalborn man inherits land from his grandfather’s grandfather. The son of an odalman who claims odal as odal by inheritance counts four or five forefathers who had the land before him."

Example

More examples

"The odalborn man inherits land from his grandfather’s grandfather. The son of an odalman who claims odal as odal by inheritance counts four or five forefathers who had the land before him."

Etymology

From odal + born.

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