詫わぶ

nidan verb (upper class) with 'bu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

to apologize

Archaic intransitive verb. In modern Japanese, 詫びる (わびる) is used instead. This form appears only in classical texts.

See also: 詫びる

• 古こ語ごでは「わぶ」と読よみ、謝あやまる意い味みで使つかわれた。

  In classical Japanese, it was read as 'wabu' and used to mean 'to apologize'.