thangt

A Middle English form of thong. thank (thangk), n. [ thank, thonk, thanc, thone, thought, grace, favor, content, thanks (= OS. thanc = OFries. thonk, thank = D. dank = MLG. dank, danke = OHG. MHG. danc, G. dank = Icel. thökk ( thakk- ), for orig. * thönk (* thank- ), = Sw. tack = Dan. tak = Goth. thagks, thought), This encres of hardyne e and myght Com him of love, his ladyes thank to winne. Chaucer , Troilus, iii. 1777. He seide, "In thank I shal it take." Rom. of the Rose, 1. 4577. 2. Expre ion of gratitude; utterance of a sense of kindne received; acknowledgment by words or signs of a benefit or favor conferred: now used almost exclusively in the plural. To some yt are good men God sendeth wealth here also, and they giue hem great thanke for his gift, and he reward eth them for the thanke to. Sir T. More , Cumfort against Tribulation (1573), fol. 35. If ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? Luke vi. 32. O, good men, eate that good which he hath giuen you, and giue him thanks . Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 257. [The plural thanks was sometimes used as a singular. What a thanks I owe The hourly courtesies your goodne gives me! Fletcher and Mas singer , A Very Woman, iii. 5.] Thanks, a common elliptical expre ion or acknowledgment of satisfaction or thankfulne , Thanks, good Egeus; what's the news with thee? Shak., M. N. D., i. 1. 21. To can or con thankt. See canl.