This is the 12995th most frequent Polish word.
oddały
"Oddały" means "they gave back" or "they returned."
Here, 'oddały' indicates the act of handing over or submitting tasks by a group of females in the past.
Wczoraj uczennice oddały nauczycielowi swoje zadania.
Yesterday, the students gave their tasks to the teacher.
In this sentence, 'oddałyśmy' (a form of 'oddały') means that we (a female group) gave away food for a charitable purpose.
Oddałyśmy jedzenie na rzecz potrzebujących.
We donated food for those in need.
'Oddały' here means the action of returning books, carried out by the sisters.