Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form udal.
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.
They've heard this story many, many times, Odal thought to himself.
I understand your feelings," Leoh replied, "but I hope you realize that unless we can stop Odal and Kanus immediately, we may very well be faced with war.
One of them is Dulaq, and his mind is closed to us for an indefinite time, Odal is the only other one who knows what happened.
Odal crouched down and selected a stone the size of his fist.
No, Odal would be lost and helpless in this situation.
XIV The morning of the duel arrived, and precisely at the agreed-upon hour, Odal and a small retinue of Kerak representatives stepped though the double doors of the dueling machine chamber.
But, of course, Hector would not really be dead; the bestOdal could hope for now was to win the duel.
Before Odalcould answer, the waiter assigned to the table walked up, took a position where his back would be to the Kerak major, and asked firmly, "Your dinner is ready gentlemen.
Three days ago," Massan continued, "the same Major Odal engaged Prime Minister Dulaq in a bitter personal argument.
Odal looked up and saw Hector squatting down, reaching for more ammunition.
Odal was gone by the time he reached the upper level.
You cannot be killed accidentally; Odal must perform the coup-de-grace himself.
Odal felt the Watchman's hands searching for the proper valve.
There's only one man," Leoh said, "who has faced Odal and lived through it.
I will make a condition with Edmund that the Etheling's odal shall not be included in the land which is peace-holy, and that to ravage it shall not be looked upon as breaking the truce.
Always I have thought it shame that my kinsman's odal should lie in English hands, and now I have made up my mind to put an end to it.
Yet for the good of the realm, I must lay on your odal one burden, Frode's daughter.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "odal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
