Gemót-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gemót-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ge-mót; II. 2 a :-- Gemótman

Definitions

1 gemót-mann

m. I. one who addresses a meeting, an orator. Cf. mótian; II, mótere :-- Gemótman contionator, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 24. Gemótmanna contionatorum (qui pro rostris in edito stantes popularibus catervis contionantur, Aid. 32, 7), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 16 : 18, 18. II. a member of a council, a counsellor, decurio [cf. decurio, consiliarius (-=Mk. 15, 43: Joseph nobilis decurio an honourable counsellor, A. III. an auditor of accounts in a market (?), cf. ceápung-gemót :-- Mótstów forus, gemótman logotheta (logotheta, qui rationes accepti et depensi expendit ac discutit, Migne), intinga negotium, cýpingc negotiaiio, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 22-25. gemot-mann

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᛗᚩᛏ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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