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