Embættis-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - embættis-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "embættis-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- embættis-maðr
- m. a minister (priest), Hom. 119, Sks. 162, Fms. v. 146: in mod. use, embættismaðr, -lauss, etc. (= Germ, beamter, Dan. embedsman) mean an officer, chiefly in a secular sense.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛘᛒᛅᛏᛏᛁᛋ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)