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) Lack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will. === Etymology 2 === From un- +‎ thank. ==== Verb ==== unthank (third-person singular simple present unthanks, present participle unthanking, simple past and past participle unthanked) (transitive) To recant; unsay, as what has been said by way of acknowledgement. (transitive) To undo or retract one's thankfulness; negate, cancel, or revoke one's thanks. === References === == Middle English == === Noun === unthank harm; injury; misfortune == Scots == === Etymology === From Old English unþances. === Noun === unthank (uncountable) Without consent. See place names deriving from the term in the sense of a farm held by squatters. === References === “unthank”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.