English Explanatory Dictionary

swainmote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A court held before the verderers of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, three times a year, the swains or freeholders of the forest composing the jury.

Word forms

swainmote swainmotes swanimote sweinmote

Etymology

From swain + mote. Compare Latin swanimotum.

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