þin

See also: þín

Middle English

Alternative forms

þine, þyn, þyne, thin, thine, thyn, thyne, þinne, thyen, theyn, tin, tine, yin

Etymology

From Old English þīn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θiːn/, /ðiːn/^[1]^[2]
(after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA^(key): /tiːn/

Determiner

þin (nominative pronoun þou)

Second-person singular genitive determiner: thine, your.^[3]

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)

Pronoun

þin (nominative þou)

Second-person singular possessive pronoun: thine, yours.

Descendants

English: thine (pronoun)

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, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
^ Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, 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."

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)
- ⇒ Middle English: þi, they, thi, thy, ti, ty, þei, þey, þhi, þy, yi, yhi (apocopated variant)
  - English: thy

Pronoun

þīn

genitive of þū: yours or of you (singular)

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.

Determiner

þin

your, yours (singular)

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

[Brink-1] 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, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.

[Thurber-2] Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.

[3] “thin, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

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			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
dual³	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
	3rd-person	bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

			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
dual³	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
	3rd-person	bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren