Þröskuldr

Old Norse Dictionary - þröskuldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þröskuldr" (or þrǫskuldr) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þröskuldr (þrǫskuldr)
m., see þreskjöldr, a threshold.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þröskuldr may be more accurately written as þrǫskuldr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᛋᚴᚢᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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