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English

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gemot (plural gemots)

  1. (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, […]
  2. (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.
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Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ *mōt, the latter from Proto-Germanic *mōtą (“meeting”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ġemōt n

  1. meeting (encounter, assembly, or confluence)
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎:
      …iċ ābīdan sceal lāþran ġemōtes.
      …I shall bide more hateful fight.
  2. court or judicial assembly

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • burgġemōt (“town meeting”)
  • ċēapunggemōt (“market”)
  • folcġemōt (“public meeting”)
  • ġemōtstōw (“meeting place”)
  • gūþġemōt (“battle, combat”)
  • handġemōt (“battle”)
  • hundredġemōt (“hundred-moot”)
  • mǣġġemōt (“meeting of kinsmen”)
  • mearcġemōt (“court for settling boundaries of properties”)
  • sċīrġemōt (“county meeting”)
  • tornġemōt (“battle”)
  • witena ġemōt (“king's court”)

Descendants

  • Middle English: mōt, ȝemōt

References

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