umbuþ

Old Swedish[edit]

From Old Norse umboð. Akin to um +‎ buþ.

umbuþ n

dominion, authority
- c. 1500, Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, translation of early bible work, published 1884-1973, page 797:
  siälin hafdho fulkomith ombudh ower allan likamin
  […]
  konunger är alla stadhe iamnär i sino rike mz ombudh oe walde
  […]
  teer han [Gud] ey alla stadhe iämmykit sit wald oc ombudh
  The soul has full dominion over the entire body.
  […]
  Kings are all in positions evenly distributed in their realm, measured in authority and power.
  […]
  Yet He [God] holds all positions equally in His authority and dominion.
assignment, authorization
agent, representative
- 1371, Carl Gustaf Styffe, Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver [Contributions to the history of Scandinavia from foreign archives.]‎^[1], translation of an 1371 armistice treaty from the National Archive, published 1859–1884., page 132:
  [...], Item mædh allum thom landum ok stadhum som jak Bo inne hafdhe a mins herra konunxens wegnæ tha han aff landeno foor, skal iak eller min wmbudh mik eller sik enkte bewaria i thessum dagh ok forordhum, [...]
  [...], as well as with all the lands and cities that I had in possession on behalf of my lord the king when he left the country, I or my representative shall defend myself or himself, on this day and henceforth, [...]

Declension of umbuþ (strong a-stem)