Old English Dictionary Entry

Camp-stede

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 camp-stede

m. The place of battle, battle-field; locus pugnæ :-- On ðam campstede on the battle-field, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 2, col. 1; Æðelst. 29: 937; Th. 206, 1, col. 1; Æthelst. 49. Fór campstede [MS. campsted] sécan he went forth to seek the place of battle, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 28; Met. 26, 14. DER. camp. camp-stede

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Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᛗᛈ-ᛋᛏᛖᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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