unthank

See also: Unthank

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English unthank, from Old English unþanc (“displeasure, anger, ill-will”), from Proto-Germanic *unþankaz, equivalent to un- +‎ thank. Cognate with West Frisian ontank, Dutch ondank, German Undank, Danish utak.

Noun

unthank (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.[1]
    • 2000, Francis G. Snyder, The Europeanisation of Law:
      It is always by this unthank that things are given to the observer that we pretend to have access to the truth of the word.

Etymology 2

From un- +‎ thank.

Verb

unthank (third-person singular simple present unthanks, present participle unthanking, simple past and past participle unthanked)

  1. (transitive) To recant; unsay, as what has been said by way of acknowledgement.
  2. (transitive) To undo or retract one's thankfulness; negate, cancel, or revoke one's thanks.

References
  1. “unthank”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

unthank

  1. harm; injury; misfortune
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