þin

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English þīn.

Pronunciation

Determiner

þin (nominative pronoun þou)

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

Usage notes

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

Descendants

  • English: thine (determiner)

See also

Pronoun

þin (nominative þou)

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

Descendants

See also

References

  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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Determiner

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

Descendants

Pronoun

þīn

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Determiner

þin

  1. your, yours (singular)

Declension