- folcgemót
- n (-es/-) meeting of the people of a town or district
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
folcgemót
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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
Thing — Germanische Ratsversammlung Relief der Marc Aurel Säule zu Rom … Deutsch Wikipedia
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
