n. [ As. gem&unr_;t an assembly. See Meet, v. t. ] (AS. Hist.) A meeting; -- used in combination,
n. [ AS. witena gemōt an assembly of the wise; wita a wise man + gemōt assembly. ] (AS. Hist.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]