þin

See also: þín

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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)

See also
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik memin
mi1		min
2nd-person þou þeþin
þi1		þin
3rd-person m hehim
hine2		himhishis
hisen
f sche, heohire
heo		 hirehire
hires, hiren
n hithit
him2		his, hit—
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ousoureoure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yowyouryour
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. hehem
he2		hemherehere
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeimþeirþeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Pronoun

þin (nominative þou)

  1. Second-person singular possessive pronoun: thine, yours.

Descendants

See also
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik memin
mi1		min
2nd-person þou þeþin
þi1		þin
3rd-person m hehim
hine2		himhishis
hisen
f sche, heohire
heo		 hirehire
hires, hiren
n hithit
him2		his, hit—
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ousoureoure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yowyouryour
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. hehem
he2		hemherehere
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeimþeirþeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References
  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.
  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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þīn, whence also Old High German dīn, Old Norse þinn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θiːn/

Determiner

þīn

  1. your (singular)

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

Pronoun

þīn

  1. genitive of þū: yours or of you (singular)

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Determiner

þin

  1. 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
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