threschwolde

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === threscholde, thresscholde, threschwold, thresschefolde, þroschfolde, þresshewold, thresshold, þresshewolde, thryssheholde, þres-uold, threschwalde, thresschewold, þreschwald, threshwold, 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) 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 ==== English: threshold Scots: thrashel ==== References ==== “thresh-wōld(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 October 2018.