Old English · noun

þanc

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /θɑnk/
[θɑŋk]
Syllables: θɑnk (1 syllable)
Modern English: thanks satisfaction thank gratitude

Meaning

thanks, gratitude
satisfaction, pleasure
thought

Declension

Declension of þanc
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	þanc	þancas
Accusative	þanc	þancas
Genitive	þances	þanca
Dative	þance	þancum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þankaz, whence also Old Frisian thonk, Old Saxon thank, Old Dutch thank, Old High German danc, and Gothic (þagks). Old Norse þǫkk, though a feminine ō-stem, is clearly related; probably it was originally a collective of PGmc *þankaz.

Descendants

thank

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