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folkesmot (s.xii)

folkesmot (s.xii)

fokmote,  folkimot,  folkmot,  folkmote,  folqmot, 
pl. folkesimotz  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  folkesmot F797 DMF: TLF: OED:  folkmoot/folkmote n.  MED:  folk n. (folkesmot)  DMLBS:  folkesmotum 973a
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

folkmoot, general assembly of the people of a town
( s.xii )  S’il ne vient, ne hume ki le voelle a droit avoir, si doit estre utlaghé a folkesmot pur ceo k’il [i] a siute de apert clamif  Bor Cust i 72
( MS: s.xiii1/4 )  Treis folkesimo[t]z chevels sunt en l'an  London Mun Coll 502
( c.1320; MS: 1419 )  Si nul homme de Loundres sursiet nul de ces treis Folkesmotz, si est en le forfait le Rei de quaraunte soulz  Lib Alb 119
( 1321 )  nous froms pronuncier le utlagherie a nostre folqmot (var. fokmote )  YBB Ed II xxvi 32
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