embætta

(-tta, -tt), v.

1) to attend, serve, wait upon, e. e-m (eiga gestum. at e.); e. fé, to attend to the cattle, to milk;

2) to administer the sacrament to one (e. e-m).

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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.

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

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