Þresköldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - þresköldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "þresköldr" (or þreskǫldr) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

þresköldr (þreskǫldr)
þresköldr, m. (G. -skaldar, Dat. -skeldi,n. Pl. -skeldir, A. Pl. -sköldu) 1) Tangesom danner en Vei ud gjennem Vandeteller tvers over samme, og naar dettevoxer, bliver oversvømmet deraf; var þarsvá til farit, at þrösköldr lá í sundinu,en djúpt at tvá vega, var þar riðit atfjörum en eigi flóðum; en er þeir S.kómu at sundinu, lögðu þeir skipumtveim megin hjá þröskeldinum ok æt-luðu inn at grýta á þá, svá at þeirnæði eigi útan at ríða; en er fjara tók,herðu þeir Kolbeinsmenn á ok riðuútan á þrösköldinn Sturl. II, 2815 fgg. 2) Grændse som deler mellem to Rum;í dyrum þess tjalds setr hann einnlimitem - þat köllum vér þresköldClar. 1553 jvf 1612. 3) Dørterskel iBesynderlighed, = lat. limen. Gul. 3015;SKr. 8015; Barl. 16713; OH. 24418; Eb.43 (7822); Post. 7391 fg. 4) at man lader et følgende Ord begynde med sam-me Bogstav som ender det umiddelbart foregaaende. SE. II, 122.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, þresköldr may be more accurately written as þreskǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚱᚽᛋᚴᚯᛚᚦᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

Dat.
Dativ.
fg.
følgende.
fgg.
følgende (om flere).
G.
Genitiv.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
Pl.
Pluralis.
S.
Side.

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