“The famous assembly of our forefathers was called by
various names [as] Mycel Gemot (or great
meeting); the Witenagemot (or meeting of the wise); and sometimes the
Mycel Gethealit (or great thought).”
—Freeman: The Norman Conquest i. 3.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
