alltud
A Welsh historical and legal term referring to a foreigner or outsider — someone who did not hold the legal status of a native tribesman under Welsh law.
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A Welsh historical and legal term referring to a foreigner or outsider — someone who did not hold the legal status of a native tribesman under Welsh law. In medieval Welsh society, alltud individuals had fewer legal rights and protections than full members of a kin group. The term is today mainly encountered in historical, academic, and Welsh language contexts. It is rarely used in contemporary Welsh slang and carries more antiquarian than colloquial weight.
In the law texts of medieval Wales, the alltud occupied a distinct and legally subordinate position compared to the native freeman.
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(Wales, historical) A foreigner.
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