mesclanha
Old Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Likely from Late Latin miscellānea, noun use of the feminine form of Classical Latin mīscellāneus (“mixed, assorted”).
Noun edit
mesclanha f (oblique plural mesclanhas, nominative singular mesclanha, nominative plural mesclanhas)
- fray, fight
- 12th c., Bertran de Born, Ieu chan, que·l reys m'en a preguat :
- Que ja mais no seretz honrat ¶ si non etz en la mesclanha
- For you will never be honoured if you don't take part in the fray
- Que ja mais no seretz honrat ¶ si non etz en la mesclanha
Descendants edit
- Occitan: mesclanha
References edit
- mesclanha – Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne