ambátt

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ambátt, compare ambaga.

Pronunciation

Noun

ambátt f (genitive singular ambáttar, nominative plural ambáttir)

  1. female slave, bondwoman, handmaid

Declension

declension of ambátt
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ambátt ambáttin ambáttir ambáttirnar
accusative ambátt ambáttina ambáttir ambáttirnar
dative ambátt ambáttinni ambáttum ambáttunum
genitive ambáttar ambáttarinnar ambátta ambáttanna

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ambahtō, feminine form of *ambahtaz, whence also Old English ambiht, Old High German ambaht, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (andbahts). Compare Latin ambactus.

Noun

ambátt f

  1. female slave, bondwoman, handmaid
    • Gróttasöngr, verse 2, 1932 edition by Finnur Jónsson, retrieved at heimskringla.no
      […] hét hvárigri / hvílð né ynði,
      áðr hann hęyrði / hljóm ambátta
      he gave them neither / rest nor delight,
      before he heard / the noise of the bondwomen.

Declension

  Declension of ambátt (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ambátt ambáttin ambáttar, ambáttir ambáttarnar, ambáttirnar
accusative ambátt ambáttina ambáttar, ambáttir ambáttarnar, ambáttirnar
dative ambátt ambáttinni ambáttum ambáttunum
genitive ambáttar ambáttarinnar ambátta ambáttanna

Coordinate terms

  • þræll (“(male) slave, thrall”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ambátt
  • Old Swedish: ambot, ambut, ambat
  • Old Gutnish: ambatn
  • → Middle English: ammbohht
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