þancian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of þancian

Infinitive

þancian
þancienne

Participles

Presentþanciende
Past(ġe)þancod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.þanciġe
2nd sing.þancast
3rd sing.þancaþ
1st plur.þanciaþ
2nd plur.þanciaþ
3rd plur.þanciaþ

Past

1st sing.þancode
2nd sing.þancodest
3rd sing.þancode
1st plur.þancodon
2nd plur.þancodon
3rd plur.þancodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.þanciġe
2nd sing.þanciġe
3rd sing.þanciġe
1st plur.þanciġen
2nd plur.þanciġen
3rd plur.þanciġen

Past

1st sing.þancode
2nd sing.þancode
3rd sing.þancode
1st plur.þancoden
2nd plur.þancoden
3rd plur.þancoden

Imperative

Singularþanca
Pluralþanciaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'þancian'

cnossian, hwisprian, hwistlian, sagian, sacian, sadian, solian, siwian, sipian, yrsian, myrþrian, fuglian, fundian, fulwian, fullian, leornian, borcian, borgian, beorhtian, wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'þancian'

þaccian, þanian, þoncian, andian, ascian, eanian, facian, fandian, ganian, hangian,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *þankōn.
2. Cognate with Old Saxon thankon, Old High German dankōn, Old Norse þakka (Icelandic þakka), and Dutch danken. See: Old Saxon 'thankon', Icelandic 'þakka', Dutch 'danken'.

Verbs referencing "þancian"

English thank, Scots thank, Old Saxon thankon.

Sample Sentences

  • Wē þancodon him þissa sweorda. (We thanked him for these swords.)
  • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
  • þā wēop sē cyning and þancode gode his gōdan wyllan. (Then the king wept and thanked God for his good will.)

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of þancian