Gemót-hús

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gemót-hús

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: mót-hús. gemot-hus

Definitions

1 gemót-hús

n. A house where a ' gemót' is held :-- Curia, i. domus concilii, conventus gemóthús vel -[gemót]stów congregatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, . 51. Cyrice is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, ná tó nánum gemóthúse. bútan ymbe þæt heofoncunde ríce and láre, Wlfst. 233, l: 303, 2. Forð on pápan holt súðweardne; þonne on ðæt gemóthús (to the manere; ad manerium, later translations), C. D. B. ii. 246, 2.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᛗᚩᛏ-ᚻᚢᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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