Why moot instead of meet?

[Edcraft]

Just wondering why the meets are called moots?

 

[Toddy]

They aren't.

The main meet ups organised by BcUK are called Moots.
We try and keep the name for those so that it simplifies the searches which can become incredibly confused otherwise.

Just now we're planning this year's Summer Moot, so that's what you'll be seeing advertised on the site.

Tony used the word away back in 2003 when he started the site, but others seem to like the name and try to claim precedence. Tbh I think Tolkien is the precedent

cheers,
Toddy

 

[sapper1]

I bet Tolkien heard it from somewhere else too.

 

[chutes]

I was in Rovers when I was in my late teens and our gatherings were called Rover Moots. We were informed that the word Moot is an Old English word meaning assembly or gathering. Unfortunately, in Aus it is also vulgar slang for part of the female anatomy.

 

[Retired Member southey]

I lived at Moot house in Downton for a little while growing up(physically not mentally!)

 

[Retired Member southey]

I was in Rovers when I was in my late teens and our gatherings were called Rover Moots. We were informed that the word Moot is an Old English word meaning assembly or gathering. Unfortunately, in Aus it is also vulgar slang for part of the female anatomy.

That Sir, is a MOOT point!

 

[Toddy]

We have Mote as in the meeting hill, the Mote Hill of the Mote and Bailey type medieval defence/administration/lawgiving centre.

Tbh I think the word has long provenance, but in it's modern usage, here, on BcUK, we try to keep it for the main meet ups.

Can't quite see how we get mote for the flake of dirt in an eye though

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Retired Member southey]

I guess it could very well be just a rework of the word, here is some history on The Moot gardens Over the road from the house.

 

[wattsy]

motte and bailey (motte = mound bailey = fortified enclosure) is different to mote (bit of dust) is different to moot (from the old english for meeting). motte is derived from the norman-french word for turf, it then became moat and used to describe the wet ditch

 

[Toddy]

Yeah, that's a Mote and Bailey site, Southey

Amazing how many of them the Normans threw up around the country
There's a huge one in the middle of York.

cheers,
M

 

[Retired Member southey]

Would the protection of a motte give rise to a good place for a meeting?

 

[Ivan...]

Moot ,is also a commonly used word for the root plate of a tree in Devon , or a stubborn root that is wher you are digging or one you trip over , to be said in a Devon accent , "This bleddy veg patch , the ground is as ardsa dugs ade , and moots all over the place "

 

[Wayland]

It comes from the Old Norse word "Mót" meaning "Meeting" as far as I can tell.

It still survives in modern Icelandic I think.

 

[Tengu]

Its ok. the word fits, why worry?

 

[bikething]

Its ok. the word fits, why worry?

When you stop asking questions.... you stop learning

 

[Imagedude]

What's in a name? Why bushcraft and not campcraft or woodcraft? It's all about branding.

 

[Big Stu 12]

What's in a name? Why bushcraft and not campcraft or woodcraft? It's all about branding.

It may be cause a load of us seem to have beards....???? lol

 

[Wayland]

The question was simple enough.

Why get sniffy about it.

Some people are interested in learning and that is no bad thing.

 

[Chiseller]

Pagan gatherings are called moots.... Allegedly ;-)

...... Failed dogger and alleged bigot!

 

[rik_uk3]

MOOT "

(Historical Terms) (in Anglo-Saxon England) an assembly, mainly in a shire or hundred, dealing with local legal and administrative affairs" source: ​

http://www.thefreedictionary.com