folcgemót

folcgemót
n (-es/-) meeting of the people of a town or district

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • folkmoot — or folkmote noun Etymology: alteration of Old English folcmōt, folcgemōt, from folc people + mōt, gemōt meeting more at moot Date: before 12th century a general assembly of the people (as of a shire) in early England …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Demokratie — (griechisch Δημοκρατία, von δῆμος [dēmos], „Volk“, und κρατία [kratía], „Herrschaft“, vgl. kratie) bezeichnet einerseits das Ideal einer durch die Zustimmung der Mehrheit der Bürger und die Beteiligung der Bürger legitimierten Regierungsform, der …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Folkmoot — A general assembly (*moot) of the people (folk) of a town in King Alfred s time; but esp. of London where it was (probably) the city s oldest institution and its first in dignity. It was summoned by ringing the great bell of St Paul s Cathedral.… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • folcmót — see folcgemót …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • folk — (n.) O.E. folc common people, laity; men; people, nation, tribe; multitude; troop, army, from P.Gmc. *folkom (Cf. O.Fris. folk, M.Du. volc, Ger. Volk people ), from P.Gmc. *fulka , perhaps originally host of warriors; Cf. O.N. folk people, also… …   Etymology dictionary

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