ambro

ambro [CL tribal name; cf. History XX 259] , glutton, lecher (or as adj.). b (applied to English by Britons). ~ones, gredge GlC A 519; ~onis Orci faucibus Aldh. VirgP 12; [Adam] buccis ~onibus et labris lurconibus Ib. 11; dum vetitum ligni malum decerperet ambro Id. VirgV 2498; 717 (v. aurilegus); ~o, gifere vel frec Ælf. Sup.; 990 anathematis alogia ~o pomum momordit vetitum CD 684; lascivire cum eis voluerunt; quod cum abnegassent puelle, irruerunt in eas ~ones G. Mon. V 16; tastowre, gustator, ~o PP; a gluton, ~o, catilio ‥; a lechour, amasio, ‥ ~o CathA.  b illi priores inimici ac si ~ones, lupi ‥ rabidi Gildas EB 16; numquam addiderunt Saxones ~onum ut a Pictis vectigal exigerent Nen. HB 203 (cf. ib. 206: omne genus ~onum [gl.: id est Aldsaxonum]); redite Scoti et Picti, redite ~ones Saxones G. Mon. XII 15 (cf. ib. VIII 6, 23).