Thokk

Thokk
/thawk/, n. Scand. Myth.
an old giantess, possibly Loki in disguise, who was the only being to refuse to weep for the dead Balder, thus condemning him to eternity in Niflheim.
[ < ON Thokk, appar. same word as thokk thanks; see THANK]

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