ambátt
nafnorð, kvenkyn
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.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- 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.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (E. I.)