umbuþ

• ombudh, umbudh, vmbodh, vmbudh, wmbudh

From Old Norse umboð. Akin to um +‎ buþ.

• IPA^(key): /umˈbuð/

umbuþ n

1. 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.

2. assignment, authorization
3. 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, [...]

• umbuds bref (“power of attorney”)
• umbuds man (“ombudsman”)

• Swedish: ombud

• umboð/ in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket