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ÞÖKK, f., gen. þakkar, pl. þakkir; [Ulf. þagks = GREEK, Luke xvii. 9; A.S. þanc; Engl. thanks; Germ. dank; Dan. tak] :-- prop. pleasure, liking, akin to þekkr, þokki, cp. Lat. gratia and gratus with grates and Gr. GREEK with GREEK, göra e-t til þakka e-s, to one's liking, to please a person, Eg. 63; leggja e-t vel í þökk við en, 153: but usually, II. thanks; Hrappr bað hann hafa þökk fyrir, Nj. 128; Auðr tók þat með þokkum, Fms. i. 247; þökk ok aufusa, see p. 32; kunna e-m þökk fyrir e-t, to be thankful, Bjarn. 24: so the phrase, mér er mesta þökk á því, to be obliged; þökk er mér á þinni hérkvámu, Fas. iii. 259; hón kunni þess önga þökk, she owed no thanks for it, Bjarn. 24; fyrir útan hvers manns þökk, whether they like it or not, D.N. ii. 39; Guðs þökk, God's thanks, i.e. charity; göra tíund til Guðs þakka, Hom, (hence gustuk, q.v.); göra Guði þakkir, to thank God, Stj. 137, Fms. viii. 229, and passim. þakkar-görð, f. thanksgiving. III. the name of a giantess in the myth of Balder, who would not weep for his death, hence the saying, Þökk grætr þurrum tárum, Thank weeps dry tears, Edda 39; a mythical word, prob. from a different root.
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