urfiælder (OSw) noun

A piece of land, usually without buildings, separated and marked off from the owner’s other land, and often located in another village. This land was excluded from the division/distribution of the village.


enclave OSw SdmL Jb
OSw UL Blb
OSw VmL Bb

undistributed land of ancient and independent ownership OSw KrL Bb
OSw MEL Bb
Refs:

Hellquist s.v. urfjäll; Hoff 1997, 150–53; KLNM s.v.v. urfjäll, utjord; Nordisk familjebok 1892, s.v. utjord; Schlyter s.v. urfiælder

Citation
  • ‘urfiælder’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/5553
    (08/15/2026)