handgemot
Old English
Etymology
From hand (“hand”) + ġemōt (“meeting”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɑnd.je.moːt/, [ˈhɑnd.je.moːt]
Noun
handġemōt n
- (poetic) a battle
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gefeoht
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | handġemōt | handġemōt |
| accusative | handġemōt | handġemōt |
| genitive | handġemōtes | handġemōta |
| dative | handġemōte | handġemōtum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hand-gemót”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.