Embætta

Old Icelandic Dictionary - embætta

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "embætta" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

embætta Old Icelandic word can mean:

embætta
(-tta, -tt), v.
embætta
1) to attend, serve, wait upon, e. e-m (eiga gestum. at e.); e. fé, to attend to the cattle, to milk;
embætta
2) to administer the sacrament to one (e. e-m).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛘᛒᛅᛏᛏᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
m.
masculine.

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