English

Alternative forms

• gemote, gemoot

Noun

gemot ‎(plural gemots)

1. (historical) A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.
   • 1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History:

     a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]

   • 1895, Geoff Horton, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints

     Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, […]

2. (by extension, rare) Any assembly.
   • 1984, David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation:

     I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.

Related terms

• moot

Old English

Etymology

ge- +‎ mot

Pronunciation

Noun

gemōt n ‎(nominative plural gemōt)

1. meeting, council, moot, encounter

   • Hīg hæfdon mycel gemōt. — They held a great council.
   • Herōdes gewende tō Cesaream, and ðǣr hæfde gemōt wið Tyrum and Sidoniscum. — Herod went to Caesar, and then held a meeting with Tyrus and Sidoniscus

Related terms

• mōt n. — moot (gemot), society, assembly, court, council

Derived terms

• burhgemōt n. — town's meeting
• cēapunggemōt n. — market,
• folcgemōt, folcmōt n. — meeting of the people of a town or district, folkmoot
• gūþgemōt n. — battle, combat
• handgemōt n. — battle
• hundredgemōt n. — hundred-moot
• mǣggemōt n. — meeting of kinsmen
• mearcgemot n. — court for settling boundaries of properties
• scīrgemōt n. — shire-moot
• torngemōt n. — battle
• witenagemōt n. — meeting of the wise men (wita), national council.