umbuþsman (OSw) umbuthsman (ODan) umboðsmaðr (ON) noun

A person endowed with legal authority on behalf of another. Variously given the title of ‘trusty manager’, ‘commissary’ and ‘steward’ in CV/Z. F adds that an umbuþsman has full power, suggesting something akin to the modern concept of full power of attorney.

agent OIce Jó Þfb 1, 2 HT 2 Sg 1 Mah 2, 4 Kge 17, 33 Lbb 10 Llb 10 Kab 1, 22 Þjb 2 Fml 1, 17
OIce Js Þfb 1, 2 Mah 5, 13 Kab 3
OIce KRA 2, 11
ONorw FrL Var 9, 46 Rgb 3
OSw MESt Kmb
commissioner OSw KrL Jb
OSw MEL Kgb
deputy ONorw FrL Rgb 29
OSw KrL Eb
OSw MEL Eb DbI
OSw ÖgL Rb
OSw YVgL Föb
king’s official ODan ESjL 2, 3
official ODan ESjL 1−3
ODan JyL 2, 3
ODan SkBL
ODan SkKL 11
ODan SkL 108, 130, 153, 163, 165, 166
ODan VSjL 32, 50, 60, 86, 87
representative ONorw FrL Intr 12 KrbA 23 Kvb 15 LlbA 14 LlbB 1
ONorw GuL Krb
OSw YVgL Kkb Refs:

CV; F; Z