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embætti

embætti

Icelandic

Noun

embætti n

  1. office (public service position)

Declension

Related terms


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (derived from the root of ambátt), whence also Old English ambeht, ambiht, Old Saxon ambaht, Old High German ambahti, ambaht (German Amt), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti).

Noun

embætti n (genitive embættis, plural embætti)

  1. service, office

Descendants

  • Danish: embede n
  • Faroese: embæti n, ambæti n
  • Icelandic: embætti n
  • Norwegian: embete (Bokmål), embete (Nynorsk)
  • Old East Slavic: ѧбетникъ m (ębetnikŭ), ябедникъ m (jabednikŭ)
  • Swedish: ämbete n
  • Finnish: ammatti