eldertongue

Old English · noun

þancung

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈθɑn.kunɡ/
[ˈθɑŋ.kuŋɡ]
Syllables
ˈθɑn · kunɡ (2 syllables)
Modern English
gratitudethankfulnessthanksgiving

Meaning

  1. gratitude, thankfulness (+ dative = to someone) (+ genitive = for something)

    Þæt is tō wundriġenne þæt þā Ēgypte swā lȳtle þancunge wiston Iōsēpe þæs þe hē hīe æt hungre āhredde.

    It's amazing that the Egyptians felt so little gratitude to Joseph for saving them from famine.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

  2. thanksgiving

Declension

Declension of þancung
SingularPlural
Nominative þancungþancungaþancunge
Accusative þancungeþancungaþancunge
Genitive þancungeþancunga
Dative þancungeþancungum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þancungu. Cognate with Old High German dankunga. By surface analysis, þancian + -ung.

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