þi

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See also: Thi, thi, thi-, thì, thí, thī, Thị, thị, ʈʰi, thĩ, thî, and þí

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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An apocopic form of þin, þine, thyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (stressed) IPA(key): /θiː/, /ðiː/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /ði/[1][2]
  • (after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA(key): /tiː/, /ti/

Determiner

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þi (nominative pronoun þou)

  2. second-person singular possessive determiner: thy, your[3]
Usage notes
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When followed by a word starting with a vowel or h-, þin or one of its variants is typically used.

Descendants
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  • English: thy
  • Yola: thee, th'
See also
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Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik me min
mi1		 min
2nd-person þou þe þin
þi1		 þin
3rd-person m he him
hine2		 him his his
hisen
f sche, heo hire
heo 		hire hire
hires, hiren
n hit hit
him2		 his, hit —
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ous oure oure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yow your your
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. he hem
he2		 hem here here
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

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  1. ^ Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
  2. ^ Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
  3. ^ “thin, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

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Determiner

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þi

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of þe (“the”)

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

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þi

  1. Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Etymology 4

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Pronoun

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þi

  1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 5

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Adverb

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þi

  1. Alternative form of þe (“the”)

Etymology 6

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Noun

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þi (plural þies)

  1. Alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)

Old English

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Article

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þī

  1. Alternative form of þȳ

Determiner

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þī

  1. Alternative form of þȳ

Pronoun

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þī

  1. Alternative form of þȳ
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