Ambiht-man

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ambiht-man

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: embeht-man, embiht-man, -mann, -monn, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ambiht-man

m. [ambeht an office, man a man] A servant-man, servant-woman, attendant, servant, minister; servus, pedisequus, pedisequa, minister, ministra :-- Híg habbaþ. óðre ambihtmen they have other attendants, L. E. I. 12; Th. ii. 410, 11: Mk. Lind. War. 9, 35. ambiht-man

Runic Inscription

ᚪᛗᛒᛁᚻᛏ-ᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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