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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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 Larson, Laurence Marcellus
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
During the year 998 a great "gemot" was held at London.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
Godwine and his son Harold were summoned to the gemot, but refused to appear without a security for a safe conduct.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
As soon as the news came, King Harold held a council of the leaders of Stamford Bridge, or perhaps an armed gemot.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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