cempa

Old English
FWOTD – 15 November 2013

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kampijô. Cognate with West Frisian kempa, Old Saxon kempio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkempa/

Noun

cempa m (nominative plural cempan)

  1. champion; warrior
    • c. 1000, Anonymous, Beowulf, Lines 1311-1312
      sigorēadig secg. Samod ǣrdæge
      ēode eorla sum, æþele cempa [...]
      The victory-blest hero. At dawn of day
      Went one of earls, the noble warrior [...] — J. Garnett, 1912

Declension
Declension of cempa (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative cempa cempan
accusative cempan cempan
genitive cempan cempena
dative cempan cempum

Descendants
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