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þanc-weorþ

  • adjective
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þanc-weorþ, -wurþ, -wirþe; adj.
Thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable
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  • Þurh ðære þancweorþan Cristes gyfe

    through the help of Christ's grace, which is deserving of all thanks,

      Lchdm. iii. 432, 23.

  • Þancwurðre

    gratuita (Christi gratia fretus),

      Hpt. Gl. 420, 76.

  • Úrum godum geoffrian ðancwurðe oatsægednysse

    to offer to our gods an acceptable sacrifice,

      Homl. Th. i. 592, 34.

  • Bútan ðú him þoncwyrþe lác onsecge,

      Exon. Th. 254, 17; Jul. 198.

  • Ic eów secgan mæg þoncwyrþe þing, ðæt gé ne ðyrfen leng murnan on móde,

      Judth. Thw. 23, 33; Jud. 153.

  • Þancwurðe gifa

    grata (accepta) libamina,

      Hpt. Gl. 415, 7.

  • Gecwéme (ł) þancwurde gife

    grata munuscula,

      510, 71.

  • Þancwurde

    gratos, acceptos, caros,

      416, 51.

  • Ða ðe ic ðám bigengum ðancwyrþe gelýfde

    quae incolis grata credideram,

      Bd. pref.; S. 472, 38.

  • Smylte weder biþ ðý þancwyrþre

    (gratius)

    gif hit hwéne ǽr biþ stearce stormas ... And þancwyrþre biþ ðæs dæges leóht for ðære egeslícan þióstro ðære nihte,
      Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26-29.

  • Þancwurðra

    gratuita,

      Hpt. Gl. 442, 26.

  • Hé gearcode him gebeótscipe on his húse, ac hé gearcode him micele þancwurðran gereord on his heortan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 468, 30.

  • Þancwur[ðe]ste

    gratissimum, acceptissimum, amantissimum,

      Hpt. Gl. 441, 66.
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v. un-þancweorþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þanc-weorþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31530.

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