The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gemote \Ge*mote"\, n. [As. gem?t an assembly. See Meet, v. t.]
   (AS. Hist.)
   A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an
   assembly of the wise men.
   [1913 Webster]

Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

GEMOTE. An assembly. Wittena gemote, during the time of the Saxons in
England, signified an assembly of wise men. The parliament.