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. […]
      [Por esso assí diz el Sennor de los Fonsados, el fuerte de Israel, “Yo coslaré de míos embaydores, vengar-me-é de míos enemigos, pues tornaré mi mano sobre ti e esmerar-te-é, redrar-te-é de ti tod avoleza. […] ”]
      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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