Reconstruction:Old English/mot

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōtą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːt/

Noun

*mōt n

1. meeting (encounter, assembly, or confluence)
2. court or judicial assembly

Declension

Declension of *mot (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	*mōt	*mōt
accusative	*mōt	*mōt
genitive	*mōtes	*mōta
dative	*mōte	*mōtum

Derived terms

• folcmōt (“public meeting”)
• ġemōt (“meeting”)
• mētan (“to meet”)
• mōtærn (“building where a meeting is held, courthouse”)
• mōtbelle (“bell rung to call an assembly together”)
• mōtġerēfa (“person who runs a meeting”)
• mōthūs (“building where a meeting is held, courthouse”)
• mōtian (“to converse, address an assembly, or discuss an issue”)
• mōtstōw (“meeting place”)
• mōtweorþ (“entitled to attend a meeting”)