Devinalh
The devinalh, was a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry practiced by some troubadours. It takes the form of a riddle, or series of riddles or cryptograms and is, if read literally, mostly nonsensical. Known practitioners include Guilhen de Peiteu, Raimbaut of Orange, Giraut [de Bornelh], Guilhem Ademar, Guilhem de Berguedan and Raimbaut de Vaqueiras.
The term was created by modern scholars of Old Occitan and was never used by the troubadours themselves to refer to a specific type of poem.
Examples
This was a rare genre, of which only a handful of examples exist; among them:' by William [IX, Duke of Aquitaine|Guilhen de Peiteu], the first known example- '