Definitions
Definitions
1 embætta
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 embætta
2. eccl. to say mass, to celebrate the eucharist, D. N.
3 embætta
β. in mod. usage since the Reformation, to officiate as a clergyman.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
embætta
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "embætta" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).