þjóna

Etymology
From. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to serve someone, to be in somebody's service
 * 2) * Judges 2:19
 * En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.
 * But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshipping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
 * 1)  to serve somebody's table, to wait on somebody

Related terms

 * (to serve no purpose)
 * (to suit oneself, to fact according to one's impulses)

Etymology
Either inherited from and influenced by  or borrowed from, which is derived from the same.

Verb

 * 1) to serve