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Gemote
Gemote Ge*mote", n. [As. gem?t an assembly. See Meet, v. t.] (AS. Hist.) A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men.
Witenagemote
Witenagemote Wit"e*na*ge*mote` (?; 277), n. [AS. witena gem[=o]t an assembly of the wise; wita a wise man + gem[=o]t assembly.] (AS. Hist.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.

Meaning of Gemot from wikipedia

- common Old English term for a meeting of the witan is gemot, sometimes expanded as micel gemot ('great ****embly'). Writers of Latin texts used conventus...
- Norman Conquest removed it. Anglo-Saxon kings were elected by the witena gemót. Finally, the principle survived in some form or other for centuries after...
- tributaries of the River Eden. The name of the river is from Old English (ēa-gemōt) and is a back formation from Eamont Bridge which means the junction of...
- Letters. 7 (21): 4637–9. doi:10.1021/ol0518333. PMID 16209498. Alberto Gobbi, Gemot Frenking (1993). "Y-Conjugated compounds: the equilibrium geometries and...
- Æthelred), promulgations enacted at Wantage in 997, which states: þæt man habbe gemot on æl**** wæpentace; & gan ut þa yldestan XII þegnas & se gerefa mid, & swerian...
- Witenagemot. The name derives from the Old English ƿitena ȝemōt, or witena gemōt, for "meeting of wise men". The first recorded act of a witenagemot was...
- formative years, around 1080 to 1086. In 1086 Osmund was present at the Great Gemot held at Old Sarum when the Domesday Book was accepted and the great landowners...
- Old English for "meeting of wise men" (witan – wise man or counsellor / gemot – ****embly).[citation needed] In Order of the Phoenix, about fifty people...
- institution. The name derives from the Old English ƿitena ȝemōt, or witena gemōt, for "meeting of wise men". The first recorded act of a witenagemot was...
- property. Quarrels between housecarles were decided by a specific tribunal (gemot), the Huskarlesteffne, in the presence of the king; depending on the nature...