gemot

/ɡɪˈmoʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"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."

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

gemots (plural) gemote (alternative) gemoot (alternative)

moot witenagemot

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How do you pronounce gemot?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɪˈmoʊt/.

What does gemot mean?

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

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