cempa

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Old English

FWOTD – 15 November 2013

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kampijō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkem.pɑ/

Noun

cempa m (nominative plural cempan)

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

English: kemp; Kemp (surname)

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