kempe

From Old English cempa, from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō; doublet of champioun.

• cempe, kemmpe, kimmpe

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmp(ə)/

kempe (plural kempes or kempen)

1. A fighter, battler, or soldier; one who wars.
2. A spiritual soldier; a fighter of malice.
3. (rare) A challenger or competitor; an entrant in a competition, especially one requiring physical might.
4. (rare) A winner; one who succeeds in a competition.
5. (rare) A person, especially one of large size.

• kempen

• English: kemp (obsolete)
• Scots: kemp (obsolete)

• “kemp(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-30.

From Old English *cempan.

kempe

1. Alternative form of kempen

Unknown; potentially related to Middle Dutch kindekijn.

• kemp, kympe

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmp(ə)/

kempe (plural kempes)

1. A vat or cask for storage of fish.

• “kemp(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-30.

From Old Norse kampr, kanpr, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz.

• keempe, camp

• IPA^(key): /kɛmp/, /kɛːmp/

kempe

1. (rare) shaggy, bristly, rough.

• English: kemp (obsolete)

• “kē̆mpe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-30.