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  • Gemóte

    conuentione,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 50.

  • Gemót

    consessum,

      ii. 133, 57.
with the idea of two parties coming face to face.
a meeting with others for consultation, discussion, & c.
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  • Heródes gewende tó Cesaream, and ðǽr hæfde gemót wið Tyrum and Sidoniscum. Mid þám ðe hé mótode,

      Hml. Th. ii. 382, 29.

  • Hé hét gelangian him tó ealle ðá burhwara tógædere, cwæð ꝥ hé gemót wið hí habban wolde,

      Hml. S. 23, 21.
a hostile meeting, an encounter
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  • Wénde ic þæt þú þý wærra weorðan sceolde wið sóðfæstum swylces ge-mðtes. þe þé oft wiðstðd,

      Jul. 426.

  • Oft ic wig seó . . . ic á bídan sceal láðran gemótes,

      Ru. 6, 10.

  • Nǽnig man compigende Gode gifalde hine gimótum woruldlicum

    nemo militans Deo inplicat se negotiis (negotium praelium, Migne) secularibus,

      Rtl. 60, 11.
a gathering or
assembly of a number of people f or some purpose.
in a general sense
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  • Heáfædrafela swylce eác hæleða gemót, wítgena weorod, wífmanna þreát,

      Hö. 47.

  • Gemóte concessum (ante angelicum coelestis theatri

    consessum,

      Aid, 24, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 22.

  • Hé gecwæð ꝥ hí cómon ealle tó ánum gemóte, ꝥ hé mihte him secgan hwæt him tó dónne wǽre,

      Hml. S. 36, 205 : An. 650.

  • Hí longe (long,

    v. l.

    ) gemót ymb þæt hæfdon, hwæðer hit tácnade þe sibbe þe unsibbe,
      Ors. 5, 5 ; S. 226, 20.
in more special senses,
a deliberative assembly, a council
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  • Hé biþ gemóte (

    consilio

    ) scyldig.
      Mt. R. 5, 22 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 7 : 17, 45.

  • Hié sellaþ eówic on gemótum

    (conciliis),

      Mt. R. L. 10, 17.
an ecclesiastical council, a synod
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  • [Tó sinoþ]licum gemóte

    ad synodale concilium,

      An. Ox. 2093.

  • Hé gesomnade bisceopa gemót and synoð ætgædere mid monigum mágistrum cyricean. Bd. 4,

      5; Sch. 372, 20.
a religious assembly, congregation
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  • Ne áhydde ic na þíne mild-heortnesse on myclum gemótum (

    a synagoga mulla),

      Ps. Th. 39, ii.
a judicial assembly, a court
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  • Hé eóde in þæt dómern ðǽr ðǽr Caluisianus wæs in miclum gemóte . . . þá yrsode se déma,

      Shrn. 116, 32.

  • ' Habbað eów gemót, and tómiddes settað Naboð, biddað leáse gewitan ꝥ hí hine forsecgan . . . þá heáfodmenn budon him tó gemóte,

      Hml. S. 18, 189-195. ¶
  • of the last judgement

    Mægna cyning on gemót cymeð þrymma mǽste,

      Cri. 833.

  • Monge beóð on gemót lǽded fýra cynnes: wile fæder engla seonoð gehégan, déman mid ryhte,

      Ph. 491.
a popular assembly for voting
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  • Gemoot

    contio, convocatio populi,

      Txts. 53, 584.
used to denote the meetings in England at which legal, administrative, and other business was done,
where the meeting was of national importance
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  • Hér wæs ꝥ myccle gemót æt Kyrtlingtúne,

      Chr. 977 ; P. 122, 8.

  • On þissum geáre wæs ꝥ mycele gemót (

    a grand council of Danes and English,

    William of Malmesbury) on
      Oxonaforda, 1015 ; P. 145, 20.

  • Þ gemót æt Brómdúne,

      Ll. Th. i. 280, n.
    Wæs sionoðlic gemót on ðǽre mǽran stówe ðe mon háteð Clofeshoas, and ðǽr se cyning ond his biscopas ond his aldormenn ond alle ðá wioton ðisse ðióde ðǽr gesomnade wǽron, Cht. Th. 70, 10.

  • Gerǽdde se cyng and his witan ꝥ man sceolde habban ealra gewitena gemót on Lundene . . . and stefnode man Godwine tó þon gemóte,

      Chr. 1048 ; P. 174, 20-25 ; Ll. Th. i. 238, 36.

  • Geðenc nú hweðer áwiht mani mann cynges hám séce þér þǽr hé on túne byð, oððe hys gemót, oððe hys fird ; oððe hweðer ðé ðince þæt hí æalle on ánne weig þeder cumen,

      Solil. H. 44, 3.

  • Ofer þis gemót (cf. 36, 4-14),

      Ll. Th. i. 38, 4.

  • On þám gemótan þeáh wurðan on namcúðan stówan,

      348, 17.
where the meeting concerned a locality (hundred, borough, & c.)
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  • Gecýðe in gemótes (cf. folcgemote, 12) gewitnesse cyninges geréfan,

      Ll. Th. i. 82, 16.

  • On folces gemóte,

      76, 5.

  • Gif mon beforan cyninges ealdormen on gemóte gefeohte,

      86, 13.

  • Ic wille ꝥ ǽlc man sý griðes wyrðe to gemóte and fram gemóte,

      422, 5.

  • Ic wille ꝥ ǽlc geréfa hæbbe gemót á ymbe feówer wucan,

      164, 20.

  • Séce man hundredes gemót,

      386, l.

  • On þám meðelstede þá hé gemót hæfde

      , By. 199.

  • Hí Sunnandæges folciscra gemóta (cf. folcgemóta,

      320, 12) geswícan, Ll. Th. i. 326, 21.
a meeting for settling cases, court
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  • Wæs se ƀ Walchere ofslagen æt ánum gemóte

    (the meeting was to decide whether Liulf had been slain by the bishop's orders,

    v.
      Flor. Worcester), Chr. 1080; P. 214, 9.

  • Ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót

    (placitum)

    búton ðes abbudes hǽse,
      C. D. iv. 200, 10.

  • Ranulf his capellan ealle his (the king's) gemót ofer eall Engleland dráf

    Ranulf carried on all the law-courts over all England,

      Chr. 1099 ; P. 235, l.
a place where a meeting is held
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  • On gemóte

    in foro,

      Mt. R. 23, 7 : Germ. 400, 14.

  • III. of inanimate objects, meeting, junction, v. ge-mittung :-- On wega gemótum

    in competis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 12.
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v. ceápung-gemót, gúþ-gemót, hand-gemót, torn-gemót.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-mót.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48944.

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