Old English · noun
gemot
Normalised ġemōt
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈmoːt/
- Syllables
- je · ˈmoːt (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- mootconfluencejudicialencountermeeting
Meaning
-
meeting (encounter, assembly, or confluence)
[…] iċ ābīdan sceal lāþran ġemōtes.
[…] I shall abide more hateful meetings.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5: -
court or judicial assembly
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From ġe- + *mōt, the latter from Proto-Germanic *mōtą (“meeting”).
Descendants
moot
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