fonsado

Old Spanish

Alternative forms
  • fonssado (alternative spelling)
  • fosado (alternative form)

Etymology

Through metonymy from Latin fossātum (“ditch, trench”), from fossō (“I dig”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /honˈsado/

Noun

fonsado m (plural fonsados)

  1. army, host
    Synonym: hueste
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 55v:
      por eſſo aſſi diz el ſennor de los fonſados el fuerte de iſrł. jo coſlare de mios enbaẏdores uengar me he de mios enemigos pues tornare mi nano [sic] sobre ti e eſmerar te he redrar te de ti tod auoleza. […]
      Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, “I will relieve Myself of my adversaries; I will avenge Myself on my enemies, for I will turn my hand against you and I will clean you; I will remove from you all wrongdoing […] ”

Descendants
  • Spanish: fonsado
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