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udaller|ˈjuːdələ(r)|
Also 8 udiller, udelar, 9 udeler, uddaler.
[f. prec. + -er. Cf. odaller.]
A tenant of land by udal right. Also attrib.
1669in Peterkin Orkney & Zetl. (1822) 190 [An act] for the udallers of Orknay and Zetland. 1671Shetland Doct. in Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. (1892) XXVI. 194 He..shall not suffer the same [lands] to be incrotched upon be the ffewaries, udallers and uythers. Ibid., The ffewares, udallers, tennendes, occupiers of the landis [etc.]. 1733Gifford Descr. Zetland (1886) 9 The head courts..where all the Udillers were obliged to convene. 1798Statist. Acc. Scot. XX. 269 There are six udelars in Deerness. 1805G. Barry Hist. Orkney Isl. i. ii. 28 Men here called Udallers, who are little proprietors of land, that has never been held by the feudal tenure, nor subjected to either service or payment to any superior. 1821Scott Pirate xvii, The stout-hearted and experienced general, for so the Udaller might be termed. 1884Gd. Words Nov. 747/2 The last remains of the old udallers are to be found amongst the ‘peerie (small) lairds’ of Fladdabister. |