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