embætta

Merkingar

tt, mod. að, to attend, wait upon, with dat.; e. gestum, to wait upon guests; kann vera at Guð yðvarr sé á málstefnu, eðr eigi gestum at e., Stj. 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.

1. 2.

   eccl. to say mass, to celebrate the eucharist, D. N.

   1. β.

      in mod. usage since the Reformation, to officiate as a clergyman.