cempa

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

• English: kemp; Kemp (surname)