ambátt

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse ambátt, compare ambaga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈam.pauht] === Noun === ambátt f (genitive singular ambáttar, nominative plural ambáttir) female slave, bondwoman, handmaid ==== Declension ==== == 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 ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== þræll (“(male) slave, thrall”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: ambátt Old Swedish: ambot, ambut, ambat Old Danish: ambut, ambot Old Gutnish: ambatn → Middle English: ammbohht