Thine

det, pron

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Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy). Early, Modern, archaic

    "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."

  2. 2
    Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific

    "Forth on Thine errands send us / To labour for Thy sake."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Second-person singular possessive pronoun; yours. Early, Modern, archaic

    "But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699"

  2. 2
    Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific

Synonyms

All synonyms
thyyouryours

Example

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"He has till now been the apple of your eye; but if thine eye offend you, says Scripture, pluck it out. It is better to enter heaven with one eye than hell with two!"

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.

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to thine own self be true

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