gemot

English

Alternative forms

• gemoot
• gemote

Etymology

From Old English gemōt, see below

Pronunciation

• enPR: gĕ'mōt, RP IPA: /ɡɪˈməʊt/, GA IPA: /ɡɪˈmoʊt/

Noun

gemot (plural gemots)

1. public meeting
2. judicial assembly

   Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, ... — Geoff Horton, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1895

3. assembly, council, moot

   I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils. — David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation, 1984

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Old English

Etymology

ge- +‎ mot

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jeˈmoːt/

Noun

gemōt n (nominative plural gemōt)

1. meeting, council, moot, encounter

   • Hīg hæfdon mycel gemōt. — They held a great council.
   • Herōdes gewende tō Cesaream, and ðǣr hæfde gemōt wið Tyrum and Sidoniscum. — Herod went to Caesar, and then held a meeting with Tyrus and Sidoniscus

Related terms

• mōt n. — moot (gemot), society, assembly, court, council

Derived terms

• burhgemōt n. — town's meeting
• cēapunggemōt n. — market,
• folcgemōt, folcmōt n. — meeting of the people of a town or district, folkmoot
• gūþgemōt n. — battle, combat
• handgemōt n. — battle
• hundredgemōt n. — hundred-moot
• mǣggemōt n. — meeting of kinsmen
• mearcgemot n. — court for settling boundaries of properties
• scīrgemōt n. — shire-moot
• torngemōt n. — battle
• witenagemōt n. — meeting of the wise men (wita), national council.