allodium

• alod
• allod

From Medieval Latin allodium, from Frankish *allaud (“allodium, patrimony”, literally “entire property”), from Proto-Germanic *alaudą (“allodium, transferable possessions”), from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all”) + *audaz (“goods”). Cognate with Old High German ōt (“property”), Old Saxon ōd (“estate, wealth”), Old English ēad (“possessions”).

allodium (plural allodia)

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

• allodial