þin

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English þīn.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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þin (nominative pronoun þou)

  1. Second-person singular genitive determiner: thine, your.[3]

Usage notes

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When followed by a word starting with a consonant other than h-, þi or one of its variants is typically used.

Descendants

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  • English: thine (determiner)

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Pronoun

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þin (nominative þou)

  1. Second-person singular possessive pronoun: thine, yours.

Descendants

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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, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *þīn, whence also Old High German dīn, Old Norse þinn.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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þīn

  1. your (singular)
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11
      Hē cwæð tō þām laman, þē iċ seċġe, arīs, nim ðīn bed, and gā tō þīnum hūse.
      He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house."

Declension

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Descendants

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Pronoun

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þīn

  1. genitive of þū: yours or of you (singular)

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.

Determiner

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þin

  1. your, yours (singular)

Declension

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