Old Norse

Noun

umboðsmaðr m

1. commissary, steward

Descendants

• Old Danish: umbuzman
  • Danish: ombudsmand
• Icelandic: umboðsmaður
• Norwegian Bokmål: ombudsmann
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ombodsmann
• Swedish: ombudsman
  • Dutch: ombudsman
  • English: ombudsman

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press