mesclanha

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• mesclaigna

Etymology

Likely from Late Latin miscellānea, noun use of the feminine form of Classical Latin mīscellāneus (“mixed, assorted”).

Noun

mesclanha f (oblique plural mesclanhas, nominative singular mesclanha, nominative plural mesclanhas)

1. fray, fight
   • 12^th 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

Descendants

• Occitan: mesclanha

References

• mesclanha – Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne