embætti
nafnorðhvorugkyn
(embuð, 38), [ amt; embede; as to the root vide ambátt, p. 19], service, office; bjóða e-m af e., to depose one from office, i. 550; Guðs e., 121, 160, 613. 2 Kings iv. 13; mikit e., hard work, a great task, 153; veita e-m e., to serve one, viii. 332, 406; bindask í e-s e., to enter one’s service, 357; fremja e., to perform a service, i. 426; Guðligt e., holy service, Fms, ii. 198; heilagt skírnar e., holy baptism, i. 148: officiating at mass,
2. in use,
α. divine service, answering to ‘mass’ in the Roman church; fyrir, eptir e., before, after service.β. in a secular sense, [ amt, embede], a public office.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Germ.German.
- Dan.Danish.
- mod.modern.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Anecd.Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)