cempa
- noun [ masculine ]
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Cempa miles vel
athleta,
- Wrt. Voc. 72, 68.
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Se cempa oferwon frécnessa fela
the champion overcame many perils,
- Exon. 35a; Th. 113, 2; Gú. 151: Andr. Kmbl. 922; An. 461: Byrht. Th. 135,
17; By. 119: Beo. Th. 2629; B. 1312.
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Ðá ða cempan hine ahéngon, hí námon his reáf, and worhton feówer dǽlas, ǽlcum cempan ánne dǽl
milites cum crucifixissent eum, acceperunt vestimenta ejus, et fecerunt quatuor partes, unicuique militi partem,
- Jn. Bos. 19, 23.
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Scyld sceal cempan
a shield shall be for a soldier,
- Exon. 91a; Th. 341, 22; Gn. Ex. 130: Beo. Th. 3901; B. 1948: Andr. Kmbl.
460; An. 230.
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Woldun hý geteón in orwénnysse Meotudes cempan
they would draw God's soldier into despair,
- Exon. 41a; Th. 136, 28; Gú. 548: Salm. Kmbl. 279; Sal. 139.
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Húslfatu hálegu cempan genamon
the warriors took the holy vessels of sacrifice,
- Cd. 210; Th. 260, 9; Dan. 707: Fins. Th. 29; Fin. 14.
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We his þegnas sind, gecoren to cempum
we are his thanes, chosen to [be his] warriors,
- Andr. Kmbl. 647; An. 324.
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Alǽten cempa
a soldier who has served his time, a veteran;
emeritus,- Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 62; Wrt. Voc. 18,
15.
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Gecorene cempan
chosen soldiers, adjutants;
optiones,- 7; Som. 56, 64; Wrt. Voc. 18, 17.
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Cempena yldest
a chief of soldiers, a commander;
militum tribunus,- Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 18.
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Twá hund cempna [ = cempena]
two hundred [of] soldiers:
manipulus,- Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 75; Wrt. Voc. 18,
27.
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Fíf hund cempena ealdor
a commander of five hundred soldiers;
cohors,- 7; Som. 56, 61; Wrt. Voc. 18, 14.
