umboth

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noun

Agency.

OriginNorn umbod ← Old Norse umboð →
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Meanings

nounumboth (countable and uncountable, plural umboths)

plural umboths

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableAgency.

Origin

  1. Old Norseumboð
  2. Nornumbod
  3. Englishumboth

Borrowed from Norn umbod, ombod, from Old Norse umboð. Cognate with Icelandic umboð, Faroese umboð, Swedish ombud. Cognate with the first element of ombudsman (equivalent to umboth + -s- + man, “person of agency”).

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APA

umboth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umboth

MLA

“umboth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umboth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umboth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umboth.

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