threschald
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- threshold, threshald, threswald, thressald, thraswald, thryswald, treswald, thriswall, threshwell, threshell, thresschell, thraschell, thrashwall, thraschit
Etymology
editMiddle Scots variant of threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”).
Noun
editthreschald (plural threschalds) (Middle Scots)
- a threshold, sill
- the ingang or entrance to a house or building
- (figurative) the outsetting of something
Usage notes
editOften used in the phrase dure (“door”) threschald.
Descendants
edit- Scots: thrashel
Further reading
edit- “threschald”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.