Udal (ūd&aitalic_;l), n. & a. Udalborn, Udaler, Udalman, etc. [Icel. ōðal 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.]
Udal, a. Allodial; -- a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney. See Allodial. Burrill.[1913 Webster]