gemot
English
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
gemot (plural gemots)
- (historical) A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.
- 1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History:
- a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]
- 1895, Geoff Horton, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints:
- Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, […]
- 1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History:
- (by extension, rare) Any assembly.
- 1984, David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation:
- I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.
- 1984, David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation:
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Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ġemōt n (nominative plural gemōt)
- meeting, council, moot, encounter
- Hīg hæfdon mycel ġemōt. ― They held a great council.
- Herōdes ġewende tō Cesaream, and ðǣr hæfde gemōt wið Tyrum and Sidoniscum. ― Herod went to Caesar, and then held a meeting with Tyrus and Sidoniscus
Derived terms
- burhġemōt (“town's meeting”)
- cēapunggemōt (“market,”)
- folcġemōt, folcmōt (“meeting of the people of a town or district, folkmoot”)
- gūþġemōt (“battle, combat”)
- handġemōt (“battle”)
- hundredġemōt (“hundred-moot”)
- mǣgġemōt (“meeting of kinsmen”)
- mearcgemot (“court for settling boundaries of properties”)
- scīrġemōt (“shire-moot”)
- tornġemōt (“battle”)
- witena ġemōt (“meeting of the wise men (wita), national council.”)
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