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Is odal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word odal is a Scrabble US word. The word odal is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word odal is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (3 found)

ALOD,LOAD,ODAL,

3-letter words (7 found)

ADO,DAL,DOL,LAD,LOD,ODA,OLD,

2-letter words (7 found)

AD,AL,DA,DO,LA,LO,OD,

You can make 17 words from odal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of odal

odal doal oadl aodl daol adol odla dola olda loda dloa ldoa oald aold olad load alod laod dalo adlo dlao ldao aldo lado

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Definitions and meaning of odal

odal

Etymology 1

From Icelandic óðal. Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”), Old English ēþel (“homeland”). Compare athel, Odelsthing.

Alternative forms

  • udal

Noun

odal (plural odals)

  1. (law, historical) Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, especially Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen.
  2. The ownership of such land.
Usage notes

The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change of ownership by inheritance, etc., and perhaps to other rights of the kindred or the tribe. Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form udal.

Adjective

odal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to odal land.

See also

  • ᛟ (a rune associated with odal)
  • odal oil

Etymology 2

From ode +‎ -al.

Adjective

odal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an ode or odes.

Anagrams

  • -adol, -adol-, Aldo, alod, load

Estonian

Noun

odal

  1. adessive singular of oda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • odal n (1567)

Etymology

From Old Norse óðal, from Proto-Germanic *ōþalą. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic óðal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²uː(d)al/
  • (Hardanger, Voss) IPA(key): [²ou̞ːdɐ̞l]
  • (Telemark) IPA(key): [²oːɐ̞l], [²u̞ːɐ̞l]

Noun

odal m (definite singular odalen, indefinite plural odalar, definite plural odalane)

  1. (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of odel (“land with odalsrett; property”)

Derived terms

References

  • “odel” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Source: wiktionary.org