þin
See also: þín
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English þīn.
Pronunciation
Determiner
þin (nominative pronoun þou)
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
| 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.
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)
Descendants
- English: thine (pronoun)
See also
| 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.
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
- ^ 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, , →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, number 1, Cambridge University Press, , pages 65-81.
- ^ “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
- 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."
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11
Declension
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 |
Descendants
- Middle English: þin, þine, þyn, þyne, thin, thine, thyn, thyne, þinne, thyen, theyn, tin, tine, yin
- English: thine (determiner)
Pronoun
þīn
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.
Determiner
þin
Declension
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 |