Dictionary entry

Udal (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

U″dal (?), n. & a.U″dal‐born′, U″dal‐er, U″dal‐man, etc. Vars. of Odal, etc. Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates land held in fee simple without any charter and free of any feudal character.