folkesmot (s.xii)

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folkesmot (s.xii)

[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  folkmoot/folkmote n.; MED:  folk n. (folkesmot); DMLBS: 973a folkesmotum ]
folkimot,  folkmot,  folkmote, 
pl. folkesimotz  
M.E.

s.

1folkmoot, 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  i 72
( MS: s.xiii1/4 )  Treis folkesimo[t]z chevels sunt en l'an  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  119
( 1321 )  le folkmot qe serra tenuz en le cimetere de saint Poul  Ed II xxvi 32
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