allodium

English

Alternative forms

• allod, alod

Etymology

From Medieval Latin allodium, from Frankish *allaud (“allodium, patrimony”, literally “entire property”), from Frankish *all (“all”) + *aud (“owndom, possessions”). Cognate with Old High German ōt (“property”), Old Saxon ōd (“estate, wealth”), Old English ēad (“possessions”).

Noun

allodium (plural allodiums or allodia)

1. (dated) freehold land or property
   • 1908, Mary A. M. Marks, “In Saxon Times”, in Landholding in England, page 15:

Related terms

• allodial

Translations

freehold land or property

• Catalan: alou (ca)
• French: alleu (fr) m
• German: Allod (de) n, Allode (de) pl, Allodialbesitz (de) m
• Italian: allodio (it) m
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• Polish: alodium n
• Portuguese: alódio (pt) m
• Russian: алло́д (ru) m (allód)
• Serbo-Croatian: alodij m
• Spanish: alodio (es) m