gemot

Or ge·mote

[guh-moht]

noun

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

gemot

/ ɡɪˈməʊt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gemot¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gemot¹

Old English gemōt _moot

Example Sentences

The plotting was apparently localised in the south-western shires, as we infer from the fact that the gemot sat in an unusual place, Cirencester in the Severn country.

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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.

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

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Most of these are associated with a Christmas gemot, when Canute was celebrating the first anniversary of his rule as king of England.

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Florence of Worcester speaks of Edmund's "brothers" in narrating the discussions at the gemot of Christmas, 1016; but he may have thought of Queen Emma's children.

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