AMBÁTT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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1 AMBÁTT

pl. ir, f. [cp. Ulf. andbahts = διάκονος, ύπηρέτης; A. S. ambight; Hel. ambaht, servitium; O. H. G. ampaht; hence the mod. Germ. amt, Dan. embede, Icel. embætti; the mod. Rom. ambassador, ambassade are of the same stock; Ital. ambasciadore, nuntius; cp. Caes. Bell. Gall. 6. 15—circum se ambactos clientesque habent, v. Diez on this root. The Icel. am- is an assimilated form from and-], a bondwoman, handmaid; þræll eðr a., Grág. ii. 152, 156. (where the older form ambótt), N. G. L. i. 76; konungs a., freq. of a royal concubine, Fms. i. 14, Fagrsk. ch. 21: cp. embætta and embætti. Cp. also mod. ambaga, u, f. an awkward person; amböguligr, adj. and ambögu-skapr, m. clumsy manners, perh. all of them related to ambótt.

2 AMBÁTT

COMPDS: ambáttarbarn, ambáttardóttir, ambáttarligr, ambáttarmót, ambáttarsonr, ambáttafang.

Runic Inscription

ᛅᛘᛒᛅᛏᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
Hel.: Heliand.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Ital.: Italian.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
p.: page.
perh.: perhaps.
pl.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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AMBÁTT

AMBÁTT

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2 AMBÁTT

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