gemot

Definition

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).

Example Sentences

• "a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]"
• "Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, […]"
• "I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils."

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