Þriskja
Old Norse Dictionary - þriskja
Meaning of Old Norse word "þriskja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þriskja
- t, to thresh, Fms. viii. 96; the mod. form is þreskja, q. v., Dan. tærske; but in Icel. the word is little used, and hardly known, except it be in metaph. phrases.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᛋᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)