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Webster 1913 Edition
Errand
Er′rand
,Noun.
[OE.
erende
, erande
, message, business, AS. ærende
, ærend
; akin to OS. arundi
, OHG. arunti
, Icel. eyrendi
, örendi
, erendi
, Sw. ärende
, Dan. ærende
; perh. akin to AS. earu
swift, Icel. örr
, and to L. oriri
to rise, E. orient
.] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission;
as, the servant was sent on an
. Also, one’s purpose in going anywhere. errand
; to do an errand
I have a secret
errand
to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19.
I will not eat till I have told mine
errand
. Gen. xxiv. 33.
Webster 1828 Edition
Errand
ER'RAND
, n.1.
A verbal message; a mandate or order; something to be told or done; a communication to be made to some person at a distance. The servant was sent on an errand; he told his errand; he has done the errand. These are the most common modes of using this word.I have a secret errand to thee, O King. Judges 3.
2.
Any special business to be transacted by a messenger.