Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

mót-lǽðu

  • noun
Dictionary links
in
  • Chart. Th. 433, 22.
The word occurs in a list of services due from the tenant of certain land, and seems to mean 'courts, assemblies'
Show examples

  • Þreó mótlǽðu ungeboden on xii mónþum

    the tenant must attend three courts a year without summons.

  • In the same charter, in similar lists, occur two phrases which seem identical in meaning with that just given,

    þríwa sécan gemót on xii mónþum,

    • 433, 9,
  • and

    iii gemót on geáre,

    • 433, 32.
Etymology
The charter is later than 1066, perhaps the
Icel. leið an assembly, may be compared. Cf. also kynnis-leið a visit to relations.
Linked entries
v.  -lǽðu.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mót-lǽðu.” 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/23201.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • mót-lǽðu, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.