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/
• (after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA^(key): /tiːn/

Determiner

þin (nominative pronoun þou)

2. Second-person singular genitive determiner: thine, your.

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	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
	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
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir 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)

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

Descendants

• English: thine (pronoun)

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			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
	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
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir 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.

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

• 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

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