þin

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

þine, þyn, þyne, thin, thine, thyn, thyne, þinne, thyen, theyn, tin, tine, yin

EtymologyEdit

From Old English þīn.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /θiːn/, /ðiːn/^[1]^[2]
(after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA^(key): /tiːn/

DeterminerEdit

þin (nominative pronoun þou)

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

Usage notesEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

English: thine (determiner)

See alsoEdit

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
dual³	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
	3rd-person	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.

PronounEdit

þin (nominative þou)

Second-person singular possessive pronoun: thine, yours.

DescendantsEdit

English: thine (pronoun)

See alsoEdit

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
dual³	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
	3rd-person	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.

ReferencesEdit

^ 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.
^ Thurber, Beverly A. (15 February 2011), “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
^ “thin, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /θiːn/

DeterminerEdit

þīn

your (singular)

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

Middle English: þin, þine, þyn, þyne, thin, thine, thyn, thyne, þinne, thyen, theyn, tin, tine, yin
- English: thine (determiner)
- ⇒ Middle English: þi, they, thi, thy, ti, ty, þei, þey, þhi, þy, yi, yhi (apocopated variant)
  - English: thy

PronounEdit

þīn

genitive of þū: yours or of you (singular)

[Brink-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.

[Thurber-2] Thurber, Beverly A. (15 February 2011), “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, issue 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.

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