ambátt
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ambátt, compare ambaga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambátt f (genitive singular ambáttar, nominative plural ambáttir)
Declension edit
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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ambahtō, feminine form of *ambahtaz, whence also Old English ambiht, Old High German ambaht, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (andbahts). Compare Latin ambactus.
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
- þræll (“(male) slave, thrall”)