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gemot

American  
[guh-moht] / gəˈmoʊt /
Or gemote

noun

  1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.


gemot British  
/ ɡɪˈməʊt /

noun

  1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a legal or administrative assembly of a community, such as a shire or hundred

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gemot

Old English gemōt, equivalent to ge- collective prefix + mōt meeting; see moot

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During the year 998 a great "gemot" was held at London.

From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury

Some time during the first half of the year, a gemot was summoned to meet at Oxford, near the border of the Danelaw.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson

Saxon, witan, to know, and gemot, a meeting, a council.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

The lords who attended this gemot were probably the local leaders south of the Thames; that the chiefs of the Danelaw were in attendance is very unlikely.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson

The word gemot or moot was used for any kind of formal meeting.

From Early European History by Hutton Webster

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