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Wiktionary

  1. thinepronoun

    Singular second person possessive pronoun.

  2. Etymology: thyn, þyn, from þin. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Thinepronoun.

    Belonging or relating to thee; the pronoun possessive of thou. It is used for thy when the substantive is divided from it: as, this is thy house; thine is this house; this house is thine.

    Etymology: thein, Gothick; ðin , Saxon; dijn, Dutch.

    Thou hast her, France; let her be thine, for we
    Have no such daughter. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

Wikipedia

  1. thine

    The word thou () is a second-person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in most contexts by the word you, although it remains in use in parts of Northern England and in Scots (/ðu/). Thou is the nominative form; the oblique/objective form is thee (functioning as both accusative and dative); the possessive is thy (adjective) or thine (as an adjective before a vowel or as a possessive pronoun); and the reflexive is thyself. When thou is the grammatical subject of a finite verb in the indicative mood, the verb form typically ends in -(e)st (e.g. "thou goest", "thou do(e)st"), but in some cases just -t (e.g., "thou art"; "thou shalt"). Originally, thou was simply the singular counterpart to the plural pronoun ye, derived from an ancient Indo-European root. In Middle English, thou was sometimes abbreviated by putting a small "u" over the letter thorn: þͧ. Starting in the 1300s, thou and thee were used to express familiarity, formality, or contempt, for addressing strangers, superiors, or inferiors, or in situations when indicating singularity to avoid confusion was needed; concurrently, the plural forms, ye and you began to also be used for singular: typically for addressing rulers, superiors, equals, inferiors, parents, younger persons, and significant others. In the 17th century, thou fell into disuse in the standard language, often regarded as impolite, but persisted, sometimes in an altered form, in regional dialects of England and Scotland, as well as in the language of such religious groups as the Society of Friends. The use of the pronoun is also still present in Christian prayer and in poetry.Early English translations of the Bible used the familiar singular form of the second person, which mirrors common usage trends in other languages. The familiar and singular form is used when speaking to God in French (in Protestantism both in past and present, in Catholicism since the post-Vatican II reforms), German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scottish Gaelic and many others (all of which maintain the use of an "informal" singular form of the second person in modern speech). In addition, the translators of the King James Version of the Bible attempted to maintain the distinction found in Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek between singular and plural second-person pronouns and verb forms, so they used thou, thee, thy, and thine for singular, and ye, you, your, and yours for plural. In standard modern English, thou continues to be used in formal religious contexts, in wedding ceremonies, in literature that seeks to reproduce archaic language, and in certain fixed phrases such as "fare thee well". For this reason, many associate the pronoun with solemnity or formality. Many dialects have compensated for the lack of a singular/plural distinction caused by the disappearance of thou and ye through the creation of new plural pronouns or pronominals, such as yinz, yous and y'all or the colloquial you guys. Ye remains common in some parts of Ireland, but the examples just given vary regionally and are usually restricted to colloquial speech.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thine

    a form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Thine

    thīn, pron. (poss. form of thou) belonging to thee: thy. [A.S. thín, thy—thín, gen. of thú, thou; Ger. dein.]

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  1. nithe

  2. thein

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thine in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of thine in a Sentence

  1. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

    I wrote my name upon the sand; I thought I wrote it on thine heart.

  2. Magha:

    Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise.

  3. Ben Johnson:

    Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

  4. Francis Quarles:

    Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.

  5. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

    Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.

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