Mitä “errand” tarkoittaa?

Blogini nimi on “Emil’s errands”, mutta mitä “errand” oikein merkitsee? Sehän on englantia ja loistava sanakirja dictionary.com selittää sen seuraavasti:

–noun
1. a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
2. the purpose of such a trip: He finished his errands.
3. a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME erande, OE ærende; c. OHG āruntī; cf. OE ār messenger, Goth airus]

—Synonyms 1, 2. mission, task, assignment, chore.

n.

1.
1. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
2. The purpose or object of such a trip: Your errand was to mail the letter.
3. A mission; an embassy.
4. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.
2. Archaic
1. A mission; an embassy.
2. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.

Czech: pochůzka, posílka
Danish: ærinde
Dutch: boodschap
Estonian: ametikäik
Finnish: tehtävä, asia
French: commission
Greek: θέλημα
Hungarian: megbízás
Icelandic: erindi; sendiferð
Italian: commissione
Lithuanian: pavedimas, pasiuntimas
Norwegian: ærend
Portuguese (Brazil): incumbência
Portuguese (Portugal): recado
Romanian: comision
Russian: поручение
Slovak: vybavenie
Slovenian: opravek
Spanish: recado
Swedish: ärende