- þrescold
- see þerscold
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
þrescold
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Threshold — Thresh old, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS. [thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold, [thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj[ o]de, [thorn]r[ o]skuldr, Sw. tr[ o]skel, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
threshold — O.E. þrescold, þærscwold, þerxold doorsill, point of entering, first element related to O.E. þrescan (see THRESH (Cf. thresh)), with its original sense of tread, trample. Second element of unknown origin and much transformed in all the Germanic… … Etymology dictionary
threshold — /ˈθrɛʃhoʊld / (say threshhohld) noun 1. the sill of a doorway. 2. the entrance to a house or building. 3. any place or point of entering or beginning. 4. Aeronautics the beginning of the landing area on a runway or landing strip. 5. Psychology,… …
