ambátt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ambátt, confer ambaga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈam.pauht]

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

Etymology

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

Noun

ambátt f

  1. female slave, bondwoman, handmaid

Descendants
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