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Thine
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- 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 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."
- 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 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
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.
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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