Embætti

Old Norse Dictionary - embætti

Meaning of Old Norse word "embætti" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

embætti Old Norse word can mean:

embætti
(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.
embætti
2. in mod. use,
embætti
α. divine service, answering to ‘mass’ in the Roman church; fyrir, eptir e., before, after service.
embætti
β. in a secular sense, [Germ. amt, Dan. embede], a public office.
embætti
COMPDS: embættisfærr, embættisgörð, embættislauss, embættismaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛘᛒᛅᛏᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Anecd.
Anecdoton. (H. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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