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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse þreskǫldr, þreskjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic *þreskwaþluz. Cognate with Icelandic þröskuldur and English threshold.
Pronunciation
Noun
treskald m (definite singular treskalden, indefinite plural treskaldar, definite plural treskaldane)
- a threshold
- 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