Old English · noun

ambeht

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈɑm.bext/
[ˈɑm.beçt]
Syllables: ˈɑm · bext (2 syllables)
Modern English: office ministry

Meaning

office, ministry, service
servant, attendant

Declension

Declension of ambeht
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambeht	ambeht
Accusative	ambeht	ambeht
Genitive	ambehtes	ambehta
Dative	ambehte	ambehtum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ambahtī, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (derived from the root of ambiht (Etymology 1)), whence also Old Saxon ambaht, Old High German ambahti, ambaht (German Amt), Old Norse embætti, Gothic (andbahti).

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