See also: þín

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English þīn.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

þin (nominative pronoun þou)

  1. 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

PronounEdit

þin (nominative þou)

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

DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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. (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.

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

þīn

  1. your (singular)

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

PronounEdit

þīn

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