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单词 to con thanks
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to con thanks (also thank)
a. transitive. to con thanks (also thank): to acknowledge one's gratitude; to express or offer thanks, to thank. Also: to feel gratitude. Cf. earlier to can thanks at can v.1 Phrases 1. Cf. to come (a person) thanks at come v. Phrases 2d. Obsolete (chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish in later use).
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > give thanks [verb]
to can thanks (also thank)OE
to con thanks (also thank)?c1335
to ken thankc1440
to come (a person) thanks1828
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?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 129 Þou cunnest me no þonk.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6398 Þai cund [Fairf. conned] him ai ful litell thanck.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1565 (MED) I kwn the thanke for thy come, it comfortes vs all.
a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 128 A good man kunnyth þe yeuer thank.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 17 Thank or thew to kun me.
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 25 I could have cunnid him greater thank if he had takin les paines.
1590 King James VI & I Let. 29 Feb. in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. (1828) 15 280 Quhais lampis I fynde burning prouydit with oyle thais uill I cunn thanke to & bring into the bankett house with me.
1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe To Rdr. sig. ¶4 If he cunne me small thankes, I shall yet comfort my selfe with the loyaltie of my seruiceable intention.
1764 T. Bridges Homer Travestie II. ix. 188 We shall cun no thanks.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 88/2 Cun thanks [printed thauks], to give thanks.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Cun, or Cunne thanks, to give thanks, to express a sense of obligation.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Cun thanks, to give or render thanks.
1927 in Sc. National Dict. (1952) III. at Cun, cunn(e) , kun, con v.1 I'll cun him nae thanks for that.
β. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xvii. 35 He shal conne her thanke.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 475/1 I have conned hym good thanke: je luy ay sceu bon gré.1585 C. Clifford Schoole of Horsmanship f. 36 Ah, I con thee thankes for finding out so notable an errour as that is.1627 M. Wren Serm. 30 I will kon them small thanks.1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 31 Which none called him to, and..none conn'd him thanks for.1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Pref. Of common and general use in most counties of England..To cun, or con thanks; to give thanks.1704 I. Sharpe Plain-dealing 27 Mr. Norris (no doubt) will con him Thanks for that Noble Character of a Plagiarist.1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Conn..to give, as I conn thanks.1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 166 We conned our Thanks, and came away.1844 tr. J. Grimm & W. Grimm in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 90/2 As they will again depart, comes the little manling a second time to the count, and after conning him thanks, handed him a sword, a salamander cloth, and a golden ring.1878 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xx in Littell's Living Age 14 Dec. 661/1 She conned her nephew little thanks, and not being in the habit of dissembling, let him feel the same.1891 N.E.D. at Con v.1 ‘I am sure, I con you thanks’ was said to me by an old man in London in 1880. J.A.H.M.1904 Dennison's Orcadian Sketches (new ed.) 3 De'll con him t'ank for his pains.
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