Hypertext Webster Gateway: "errand"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Errand \Er"rand\, n. [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS.
[ae]rende, [ae]rend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel.
eyrendi, ["o]rendi, erendi, Sw. ["a]rende, Dan. [ae]rende;
perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. ["o]rr, 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
errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going
anywhere.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

errand
n : a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary
task or mission


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