Weorold-cempa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-cempa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 weorold-cempa

m. A warrior of this world, an earthly (not a spiritual) soldier :-- Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna ongeán his gelícan, ac ðú habban scealt ða gástlícan wǽpna ongeán ðone gástlícan feónd, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 34, 31. Woruldcempa, 36, 17. Se woruldcempa sceall winnan wið úre fýnd, and se Godes þeówa sceall symle for ús biddan . . . Nu ne sceolon ða woruldcempan to ðam woruldlícum ge-feohte ða Godes þeówan neádian fram ðam gástlícan gewinne, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 820-8. weorold-cempa

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚳᛖᛗᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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