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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)

  2. 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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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
1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual 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.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

Pronoun

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þin (nominative þou)

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

Descendants

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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
1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual 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.
4 Sometimes 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, 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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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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Declension of þīn — Strong only
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

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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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Declension of þīn (strong)
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
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