Þanki
Old Norse Dictionary - þanki
Meaning of Old Norse word "þanki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þanki
- a, m. [a mod. word from Germ. ge-danke, whence Dan. tanke; appears about or shortly before the Reformation]:—a thought; hjarta, þankar, hugr sinni, a hymn, freq. in mod. usage, the Bible, Pass., Vídal.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.