allodium

English

Alternative forms

allod, alod, alodium

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)

(dated or historical) Freehold land or property; land held in allodial tenure, or one's title to such land.
- 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
Hungarian: allódium
Italian: allodio (it) m
Latin: allodium n (medieval)
Polish: alodium n
Portuguese: alódio (pt) m
Russian: алло́д (ru) m (allód)
Serbo-Croatian: alodij m
Spanish: alodio (es) m

Latin

Alternative forms

alode, alodeum, alodium, allodum, alodum
alodis, alodus m

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *allaud (“allodium, patrimony”, literally “whole property”); the form allodium is predominant from the 11th century.

Noun

allodium n (genitive allodiī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

the total property of a person, especially real property; their estate
hereditary property; property in general
(specifically) allodium, freehold

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allodium	allodia
Genitive	allodiī	allodiōrum
Dative	allodiō	allodiīs
Accusative	allodium	allodia
Ablative	allodiō	allodiīs
Vocative	allodium	allodia

Derived terms

allodiārius
allodiō
allodius

Descendants

→ English: allod, allodium
→ Hungarian: allódium
→ Italian: allodio
→ Polish: alodium
→ Portuguese: alódio
→ Spanish: alodio

References

allodium in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “alodium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, OCLC 1369101
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “alodis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 36–38