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