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þerscold

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þerscold, þerxold, þrexold, þersc-wold, -wald, es; m.
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  • Oferslege oððe þerexwold (þræx-, þreox-, þerx-wold, ðrexold)

    limen,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Zup. 40, 15.
  • Þrexwold,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 65.
  • Þerxwald,

      290, 16.
  • Þerscwold oððe duru, ii. 52, 5.
  • Wríte on ðínum þerscolde (

    limine

    ),
      Deut. 6, 9.
  • On ðam þerxolde,

      Ex. 12, 22.
  • Fram deáþes ðrecswalde (þirsc-, Bd. M. 398, 23)

    ab ipso mortis limite,

      Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 34.
  • Of ðæs portices dura ðærscwolde,

      Blickl. Homl. 207, 11.
  • Ofer ðone ðerscold,

      Past. 13; Swt. 77, 22.
  • Ðerscwold,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 413.
  • Þerscwold,

      Shrn. 141, 17.
  • Þeorscwold,

      Bt. 21; Fox 74, 26.
  • Þyrscwold,

      Met. 11, 68.
  • Þerxwold,

      Lchdm. ii. 142, 12.
  • Þrexwealdum

    liminibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 513, 66.
  • Ðærscwaldas

    limina,

      Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 27.
Etymology
[Icel. þresköldr.]
Linked entries
v.  þærsc-wald þeorscwold þirscwald þræxwold þrecswald þreoxwold þrescwald þyrscwold.
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  • þerscold, n.