Ge-þancian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-þancian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
-þoncian;
- ge-þancian
- p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [þancian to thank] To thank, give thanks, reward; grătias agĕre :-- Geþance ðé þeóda Waldend, ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád I thank thee, Lord of the nations, for all the delights which I have experienced on earth, Byrht. Th. 136, 57; By. 173. He geþancode Gode his sande he thanked God for what he had sent, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 18. We sceolon geþancian Gode ðæt he wolde asendan his áncennedan Sunu we ought to thank God that he was willing to send his only-begotten Son, 23, 2. We him his geswinces geþancedon, of úrum gemǽnum feó we would reward him for his labour out of our common money, L. Ath. gratulamur, Rtl. 74, 7: 31, 1. ge-þancian