ambátt
nafnorðkvenkyn
ir, [ andbahts = διάκονος, ύπηρέτης; ambight; ambaht, servitium; ampaht; hence the amt, embede, embætti; the Rom. ambassador, ambassade are of the same stock; ambasciadore, nuntius; Caes. Bell. Gall. 6. 15—circum se ambactos clientesque habent, v. Diez on this root. The am- is an assimilated form from and-], a bondwoman, handmaid; þræll eðr a., ii. 152, 156. (where the older form ambótt), i. 76; konungs a., of a royal concubine, i. 14, 21: embætta and embætti. Cp. also ambaga, u, an awkward person; amböguligr, and ambögu-skapr, clumsy manners, all of them related to ambótt.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.compare.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.Heliand.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- mod.modern.
- Germ.German.
- Dan.Danish.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Ital.Italian.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- ch.chapter.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- perh.perhaps.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fagrsk.Fagrskinna. (K. I.)