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cempa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cempa, an; m. [camp war, battle, -a, q. v.]
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §310;
A soldier, warrior, CHAMPION; miles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής
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  • Cempa miles vel

    athleta,

    • Wrt. Voc. 72, 68
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Húslfatu hálegu cempan genamon

    the warriors took the holy vessels of sacrifice,

    • Cd. 210
      • ;
    • Th. 260, 9
      • ;
    • Dan. 707: Fins. Th. 29; Fin. 14
      • .

  • We his þegnas sind, gecoren to cempum

    we are his thanes, chosen to [be his] warriors,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 647
      • ;
    • An. 324
      • .

  • Alǽten cempa

    a soldier who has served his time, a veteran;

    emeritus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 7
      • ;
    • Som. 56, 62
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 18, 15
      • .

  • Gecorene cempan

    chosen soldiers, adjutants;

    optiones,

    • 7
      • ;
    • Som. 56, 64
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 18, 17
      • .

  • Cempena yldest

    a chief of soldiers, a commander;

    militum tribunus,

    • Ors. 4, 9
      • ;
    • Bos. 91, 18
      • .

  • Twá hund cempna [ = cempena]

    two hundred [of] soldiers:

    manipulus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 7
      • ;
    • Som. 56, 75
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 18, 27
      • .

  • Fíf hund cempena ealdor

    a commander of five hundred soldiers;

    cohors,

    • 7
      • ;
    • Som. 56, 61
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 18, 14
      • .
Derived forms
féðe-cempa, sige-
Linked entries
v.  cæmpa.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cempa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6013.

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