treskald

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þreskǫldr, þreskjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic *þreskwaþluz. Cognate with Icelandic þröskuldur and English threshold.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²trɛskal(d)/

Noun

treskald m (definite singular treskalden, indefinite plural treskaldar, definite plural treskaldane)

  1. a threshold
  2. a sill (underwater ridge, e.g. at the mouth of a fjord)

References
  • “treskald”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “treskald” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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