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

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɛʃwɔːld/, /ˈθrɛʃfɔːld/, /ˈθrɛʃɔːld/

Noun

threschwolde (plural þreschwaldis)

1. A door-sill; the bottom board of a door.
2. An entryway; the part of a structure where one enters.
3. (rare) The top board of a door.

Descendants

• English: threshold
• Scots: thrashel

References

• “thresh-wōld(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-09.