embætta
sagnorð
tt, að, to attend, wait upon, with ; e. gestum, to wait upon guests; kann vera at Guð yðvarr sé á málstefnu, eðr eigi gestum at e., 593. I Kings xviii. 27; eigi samneytti hon, heldr e. hon, she ate not with the people, but waited on them, 655 xxxi A. 3; e. fé, to serve the cattle, to milk, Ísl. ii. 334, 482.
2. to say mass, to celebrate the eucharist,
β. in usage since the Reformation, to officiate as a clergyman.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- mod.modern.
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- eccl.ecclesiastical.
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)