þin
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See also: þín
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English þīn.
Pronunciation
Determiner
þin (nominative pronoun þou)
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
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)
Descendants
- English: thine (pronoun)
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
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
- 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, , →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, , pages 65-81.
- “thin, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.
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