Er'rand, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [A-S. ærende, ærend, O. Sax. ärundi, O. H. Ger. arunti, Icel. eirendi, Sw. ärende, Dan. ärinde, from A-S. ār, O. Sax. ēri, Icel. āri, Goth. airus, messenger.] A special business intrusted to a messenger; a mandate; an order; a message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; he told his errand; he has done the errand; also, one's purpose in going any where. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19.