Udalborn

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]