From Old English þīn.
þin (nominative pronoun þou)
When followed by a word starting with a consonant other than h-, þi or one of its variants is typically used.
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.
þin (nominative þou)
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.
From Proto-West Germanic *þīn, whence also Old High German dīn, Old Norse þinn.
þīn
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | þīn | þīn | þīn |
Accusative | þīnne | þīne | þīn |
Genitive | þīnes | þīnre | þīnes |
Dative | þīnum | þīnre | þīnum |
Instrumental | þīne | þīnre | þīne |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | þīne | þīna, þīne | þīn |
Accusative | þīne | þīna, þīne | þīn |
Genitive | þīnra | þīnra | þīnra |
Dative | þīnum | þīnum | þīnum |
Instrumental | þīnum | þīnum | þīnum |
þīn
From Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.
þin
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þīn | þīn | þītt |
accusative | þīn | þīna | þītt |
dative | þīnum, þīnom | þīni | þīnu, þīno |
genitive | þīns | þīnar | þīns |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þīnir, þīne(r) | þīnar | þīn |
accusative | þīna | þīnar | þīn |
dative | þīnum, þīnom | þīnum, þīnom | þīnum, þīnom |
genitive | þīna | þīna | þīna |