threschwolde
Middle English
Alternative forms
- threscholde, thresscholde, threschwold, thresschefolde, þroschfolde, þresshewold, thresshold, þresshewolde, thryssheholde, þres-uold, threschwalde, thresschewold, þreschwald, þrexwolde, þresfold, throschfold, throsfold, þresshald, threswald
Etymology
From Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold, from Proto-Germanic *þreskwaþluz; the first element is akin to threschen, but the second is of disputed origin, and was identified with several different words in Middle English.
Pronunciation
Noun
threschwolde (plural þreschwaldis)
- A door-sill; the bottom board of a door.
- An entryway; the part of a structure where one enters.
- (rare) The top board of a door.
Descendants
References
- “thresh-wōld(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-09.