embætti

n.

1) service, = þjónosta 1; veita e-m e., to serve one; bindast í e-s e., to enter one’s service; guðligt e., holy service; hefi ek mörg vandræði þolat í þinu e., in your service;

2) the sacrament, eucharist, = þjónosta 3;

3) office (biskupligt e.); bjóða e-m af e., to depose one from office.

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(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.

COMPDS: embættisfærr, embættisgörð, embættislauss, embættismaðr.