Odal (English spelling) [Germany]

Japanese: オーダル（英語表記）Odal[ドイツ]

Germanic hereditary land ownership, especially the cultivated land and the house grounds. In Old Norse, óðal, in Anglo-Saxon, êðel. The Old Germanic peoples were independent business entities that settled and defended themselves, and originally all the houses and cultivated land that were thus used, owned, and defended were odal (Latin allodium). Eventually, due to family divisions, a relative shortage of land, and sales, odal ownership became limited to the upper classes of society and was distinguished from tenant farmers and peasants who bought the land.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ゲルマン人の世襲的土地所有，その土地，とくに耕地と屋敷地。古北欧語でóðal，アングロ･サクソン語ではêðel。古ゲルマン人は，それぞれの経営主体が独立して定住し，みずから防衛をも行い，本来はこのようにして用益･所有･防衛されるすべての屋敷･耕地がオーダルだった(ラテン語のアロディウムallodium)。やがて家族の分裂，相対的土地不足，売買などにより，オーダル所有は社会上層に限定され，借地農や買った土地をもつ農民と区別されるようになる。

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