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þjónusta

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1. u, f., þjónasta, Hom. 134, [O. H. G. dionost; Hel. þjonost; Germ. dienst; Dan. tjeneste]:—service, attendance, Nj. 268, Eg. 28, 112, Fms. vi. 36, passim.
2. in Icel. households a maidservant who assists a male servant is called the þjónusta of that man.
II. divine service, esp. the mass, Ld. 334, Sturl. iii. 84; Guðs þjónusta, a holy service, esp. the viaticum, for the sick or dying, Sól. 60; þjónustu bann, a ban, interdict, H. E. i. 414; þjónustu buðkr, þjónustu-hús, -ker, a pyx for the eucharist, Am. 29, 42, 52, 54, 59, 100, Dipl. v. 12, Stj. 564.
2. að, to administer the sacrament to a sick or dying person.