ambátt
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ambátt, compare ambaga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈam.pauht]
Noun
ambátt f (genitive singular ambáttar, nominative plural ambáttir)
Declension
| 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
- ambǫ́tt, ambótt
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
- 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.
- […] he gave them neither / rest nor delight,
- Gróttasöngr, verse 2, 1932 edition by Finnur Jónsson, retrieved at heimskringla.no
Declension
| 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”)