thine
determinerpronounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ðaɪn//
Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
determiner
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archaicSecond-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.
Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!
Etymology
From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.
pronoun
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archaicSecond-person singular possessive pronoun; yours.
But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699
thine · Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
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