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CAMP

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CAMP, comp, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §310;
A contest, war, battle; certamen, pugna, bellum
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  • Ic ne gýme ðæs compes

    I care not for the contest,

      Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 26; Rä. 21, 35.
  • Drihten tǽcþ handa míne to gefeohte, and fingras míne to slehte oððe to campe

    Dominus docet manus meas ad prælium, et digitos meos ad bellum,

      Ps. Lamb. 143, 1: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 21: Judth. 11; Thw. 14, 21; Jud. 200: Beo. Th. 5003; B. 2505: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 2, col. 1, 2; Æðelst. 8: Andr. Kmbl. 2651; An. 1327.
  • Mec gesette Crist to compe

    Christ has placed me in battle,

      Exon. 102b; Th. 389, 3; Rä. 7, 2: Andr. Kmbl. 468; An. 234.
  • He ofercom campe feónda folcriht

    he overcame the liberty of enemies in battle,

      Cd. 143; Th. 178, 33; Exod. 21.
Etymology
[Laym. comp a conflict: Plat. kamp: O. Frs. kamp, komp, m: Dut. kamp, m. a battle: Ger. M. H. Ger. kampf, m. a fight: O. H. Ger. champh, m: Dan. kamp, m. f: Swed. kamp, m: Norw. Icel. kapp, n: Wel. camp, f.]
Derived forms
DER. camp-dóm, -hád, -rǽden, -stede, -wǽpen, -wered, -weorud, -wíg, -wudu: comp-wǽpen, -weorod, -wíg.
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  • CAMP, n.