Gender Feminine
Usage Norse Mythology
Other Forms FormsÞökk (later Scandinavian), Thokk (Anglicization)
Meaning & History
Means "thanks" in Old Norse (from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz "gratitude, thanks" and thus a cognate of modern English thank, thanks). In the Prose Edda, the trickster god Loki once adopted this name while disguised as an old woman.