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†P1. to can thanks (also †thank): (originally) to acknowledge or recognize one's gratitude; (subsequently) to express or offer thanks, to thank. Cf. to con thanks at con v.¹ 1a. Obsolete.Also with regular inflections, and in form gan (by association with gin v.¹; compare the converse development at can v.²). [Compare Old Icelandic kunna þǫkk . A similar phrase is attested in most Germanic languages with cognates of wit v.¹: compare Old English þanc witan (early Middle English witen (un)þank), Middle Dutch danc weten (Dutch (now archaic) dank weten), Old Saxon thank witan, Old High German thank wizan (Middle High German danc wizzen, German Dank wissen), Old Swedish veta þak (Swedish veta tack), Old Danish (Danish) vide tak. Compare also Anglo-Norman saver gre (1139 or earlier), Old French saveir gre (12th cent.; Middle French, French savoir gré), Italian saper grado, classical Latin grātias meminisse, ancient Greek χάριν εἰδέναι.]