Old English Dictionary Entry

Hundred-gemót

Part of speech: hundredes gemót, es; Related words: hundred] :-- Séce man hundredgemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs and ðǽr beó on scirebisceop and se ealdorman

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1 hundred-gemót

n. The assembly of the hundred [let the hundredmoot be attended as was before appointed; and let the bishop of the shire and the alderman be there present, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 2-5. Séce man hundredes gemót be wíte let the hundredmoot be attended under penalty of a fine, L. C. S. 17; Th. i. 386, 1. hundred-gemot

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢᚾᛞᚱᛖᛞ-ᚷᛖᛗᚩᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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