vbl. sb. arch. [f. THANK v. + -ING1.] The action or an act of giving thanks; the expression of gratitude; thanks.

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c. 893.  K. Ælfred, Oros., I. iv. [viii.] § 2. To wundrianne þæt þa Egipti swa lytle þoncunge wiston Iosepe.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., John vi. 23. Ðoncunge dedon Drihtne.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Hom., II. 170. He underfeng ða lac mid ðancunge.

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1382.  Wyclif, Matt. xxvi. 27. He takynge the cuppe, dede thankyngis.

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c. 1420–30.  Prymer (1895), 51. Whanne þei ben hool, þei moun ȝelde þankyngis to þee in þi chirche.

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1508.  Bp. Fisher, 7 Penit. Ps., cii. Wks. (1876), 190. Gyuynge thankynges vnto hym.

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1611.  Shaks., Cymb., V. v. 407. He would haue well becom’d this place, and grac’d The thankings of a King.

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1851.  Mrs. Browning, Casa Guidi W., I. 239. We thank you that ye first unlatched the door, But will not make it inaccessible By thankings on the threshold.

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