gemot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gemot
Old English gemōt, equivalent to ge- collective prefix + mōt meeting; see moot
Example Sentences
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But the importance of the simple freeman had now quite died out, and the gemot was rather a meeting of the earls, bishops, abbots, and wealthy landholders, than a real assembly of the people.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
The gemot met and decreed the restoration of the earl and the outlawry of many Normans.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
Saxon, witan, to know, and gemot, a meeting, a council.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
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 Larson, Laurence Marcellus
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