þin

See also: þín

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English þīn.

Pronunciation

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

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

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

þin (nominative þou)

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

Descendants

See also

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

  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, 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

  • IPA(key): /θiːn/

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