folc-gemót
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
A folk-meeting; pŏpŭli consessus. The folc-gemót was a general assembly of the people of a town, city or shire, and was held annually on the first of May, but it could be convened on extraordinary occasions by ringing the moot-bell, — 'Cum ălĭquid vēro inŏpīnātum, vel dŭbium, vel mălum contra, regnum, vel contra cŏrōnam dŏmĭni rēgis, forte in ballivis suis sŭbĭto emersĕrit, dēbent, stătim pulsātis campānis quod Anglĭce vŏcant mótbel convŏcāre omnes et ūnĭversos, quod Anglĭce dīcunt folcmóte, i. e. vŏcātio et congrĕgātio pŏpŭlōrum, et gentium omnium, quia ĭbi omnes convĕnīre dēbent. . . Stătūtum est quod dēbent pŏpŭli omnes, et gentes ūnĭversæ singŭlis annis, sĕmel in anno scīlĭcet convĕnīre, scīlĭcet in căpĭte kal. Maii,'
- Th. Anglo-Saxon Laws, vol. i. 613, note a
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On folcgemóte
at the folk-moot,
- L. Alf. pol. 34 ;
- Th. i. 82, 12, 13: L. Ath. i. 2 ;
- Th. i. 200, 8: iv. 1 ;
- Th. i. 220, 23.
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On folcgemóte [-móte, L.],
- L. Ath. i. 12 ;
- Th. i. 206, 11.
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On folces gemóte,
- L. Alf. pol. 22 ;
- Th. i. 76, 5.
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Gif he folcgemót [folces gemót, MS. H.] mid wǽpnes bryde arǽre
if he disturb the folk-moot by drawing his weapon,
- L. Alf. pol. 38 ;
- Th. i. 86, 16.
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Sunnan dæges we forbeódaþ ǽlc folcgemót, búton hit for mycelre neódþearfe sí
we forbid every Sunday folk-moot, unless it be for great necessity,
- L. C. E. 15 ;
- Th. i. 368, 16: L. N. P. L. 55 ;
- Th. ii. 298, 22.
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Sunnan dæges freóls healde man georne, and folcgemóta on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne
let Sunday's festival be diligently kept, and folk-moots be carefully abstained from on that holy day,
- L. Eth. v. 13 ;
- Th. i. 308, 11: vi. 22 ;
- Th. i. 320, 12: L. Edg. C. 19 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 14.
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Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “folc-gemót.” 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/11091.
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