sigecempa
Old English
Etymology
From siġe (“victory”) + cempa (“warrior”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.jeˌkem.pɑ/
Noun
siġecempa m
- (poetic) a victorious warrior (applied to King David)
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | siġecempa | siġecempan |
| accusative | siġecempan | siġecempan |
| genitive | siġecempan | siġecempena |
| dative | siġecempan | siġecempum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sige-cempa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.