thine
See also: Thine
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.
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editthine
- (archaic) Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:31:
- Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.
- 1895, “America the Beautiful”, Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics), Samuel A. Ward (music):
- Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!
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Pronoun
editthine
- (archaic) Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours.
- 1996, Weird Al Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Amish Paradise”, in Bad Hair Day:
- But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699
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editIrish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editthine
- Lenited form of tine.
Middle English
editDeterminer
editthine (subjective pronoun þou)
- Alternative form of þin (“thy”)
Pronoun
editthine (subjective þou)
- Alternative form of þin (“thine”)
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