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gemot

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.
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Old English

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Etymology

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From ġe- +‎ *mōt, the latter from Proto-Germanic *mōtą (meeting).

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Noun

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ġemōt n

  1. meeting (encounter, assembly, or confluence)
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5[1]:
      …iċ ābīdan sceal lāþran ġemōtes.
      …I shall bide more hateful fight.
  2. court or judicial assembly

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġemōt ġemōt
accusative ġemōt ġemōt
genitive ġemōtes ġemōta
dative ġemōte ġemōtum

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: mōt, ȝemōt

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