thineadj.pron.

Brit.

/ðʌɪn/, U.S.

/ðaɪn/

Forms:

α. Old English ðyn (rare), Old English–early Middle English ðin, Old English (rare)–Middle English þiin, Old English–Middle English þin, Old English (rare)–Middle English þinn, Old English (rare)–Middle English þyn, early Middle English þime (transmission error, dative), Middle English thin, Middle English þhin, Middle English thyen, Middle English thyn, Middle English þim (transmission error), Middle English þiyn, Middle English þyin, late Middle English þein, late Middle English þeyn, late Middle English theyn, late Middle English thynne, late Middle English þine, late Middle English þinne, late Middle English þyne, late Middle English–1500s thyne, late Middle English– thine; Scottish pre-1700 thayne, pre-1700 theyne, pre-1700 thin, pre-1700 thyn, pre-1700 thyne, pre-1700 1700s– thine.

β. early Middle English ten (south-west midlands), Middle English tin, Middle English tine, Middle English tyn; Scottish (Shetland) 1800s dyn, 1800s– dine, 1900s– din.

γ. Chiefly northern, north-east midlands, and Norfolk in later use early Middle English hin, early Middle English hyn, early Middle English yn, early Middle English yng, early Middle English zin, Middle English yen, Middle English yien, Middle English yiin, Middle English yin, Middle English yyn, late Middle English yine, late Middle English yne, late Middle English yyne, late Middle English yynne.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with (as possessive adjective) Old Frisian thīn , dīn (West Frisian dyn ), Old Dutch thīn , dīn (Middle Dutch dijn , early modern Dutch dijn ), Old Saxon thīn (Middle Low German dīn ), Old High German dīn , thīn (Middle High German dīn , German dein ), Old Icelandic þinn , þínn , Norn (Orkney) thine , (Shetland) din , Norwegian din , Old Swedish þin (Swedish din ), Old Danish thin (Danish din ), Gothic þeins , showing a derivative formation ultimately < the same Indo-European base as thee n.¹ On the development of use as pronoun see note at B. On the history of use of thine pron. relative to yours pron. (and yourn pron.) see general discussion of second person forms at thou pron. and n.¹ and at you pron., adj., and n.An ultimately related form serves in early Germanic languages as the genitive of the pronoun of the 2nd person singular; compare Old English þīn , Old Frisian thīn , Old Dutch thīn , Old Saxon thīn , Old High German dīn , Old Icelandic þín , Norn (Shetland) din , Gothic þeina . This use of Old English þīn does not survive in Middle English (uses such as maugre þin in quot. c1300 at sense B. 2 are after French). Compare: OE Husband's Message 29 Onsite sænacan, þæt þu suð heonan ofer merelade monnan findest, þær se þeoden is þin on wenum.OE Blickling Homilies 233 Hie woldon to eorþan astigan, & þin þær onbidan.OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 250 Recordor tui ic gemune ðe oððe ic eom ðin gemyndig, recordans tui. In Old English and early Middle English inflected as a strong adjective; the alternation of thin (singular) and thine (plural) is still common in Middle English of the 14th cent. For the history of thy and thine as possessive adjective see thy adj. The β. forms in Middle English are especially frequent in 13th-cent. texts and occur particularly after dentals (d , t ); compare β. forms at thou pron. and n.¹, and see discussion at that entry. Insular Scots (Shetland) din , dine , etc., show the same sound change as du thou pron. With the γ. forms compare discussion at you pron., adj., and n.

The possessive adjective and pronoun of the second person singular. Now archaic and poetic.

A. adj. (determiner).

1. Modifying a following noun: = thy adj. In later use only before a vowel or h. (Chiefly superseded by thy adj. and more generally by your adj.).

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OE Beowulf (2008) 1761 Nu is þines mægnes blæd ane hwile.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 10 Gewurþe ðin willa on eorðan.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6727 Þurrh þine gode þæwess.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 13 Þenne beoð þine daȝes ilenged..in eorðan.

a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 7 So þu dest & so þu schalt uor ðire mild-heortnesse.

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 429 (MED) Al so þu dost on þire side.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1545 Þine sustren scullen habben mi kine-lond.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3554 Go ðu nu dun ðin folc to sen.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 22 Ȝif thin eiȝe be symple, al thi body shal be liȝtful.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 24675 For qui his moder was tin ant.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 923 Al þe dais on þin eild.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 56 No doute is in thi watir ner thyn aier.

a1500 Chaucer's Treat. Astrolabe: Insertion (BL Add. 23002) (1872) 81 To knowe the degre of thyn sonne in thyn zodiak.

a1500 tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) 3 Aftir þat, kembe thine hed, for þat openith þe poris of þe hed.

1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 35 Faill nocht to prent in thy rememb[e]rance, That he wyll nocht excuse thyne ignorance.

1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ ii. §47 I am amazed at this thine answer.

1616 B. Jonson Forrest ix, in Wks. I Drink to me, onley, with thine eyes.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 129 If righteousness be such a beauty-spot in thine eyes.

?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 19 Not let thine Heart,..blutter any thing before God.

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 782 Thine eye shall be instructed, and thine heart, Made pure, shall relish [etc.].

1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 15 Meadows, that outskirt the side Of thine enmossed realms.

1884 E. H. Plumptre Lazarus (ed. 4) 198 Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old, Was strong to heal and save.

1925 W. Watson Poems Brief & New 69 These matters are beyond thine understanding.

1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton ii. 30 This thine holy house become a piss-pot.

†2. As postmodifier. Obsolete.

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OE Andreas (1932) 65 A ic symles wæs on wega gehwam willan þines georn on mode.

OE Cynewulf Elene 783 Gedo nu, fæder engla, forð beacen þin.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2282 Ðis is gunge beniamin, Hider brogt after bode-word ðin.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11340 Do me to rest, nu seruand þine.

a1400 in W. L. Braekman Fortune-telling by Casting of Dice (1981) 28 (MED) Yynk, cater, deux is schauns yin of yis cast.

c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 594 Pompeus, fader thyn in lawe..of thorient hadde al the chiualrie.

1583 W. Hunnis Seuen Sobs i. 3 Yet, ô Lord, in rigour thine Forbeare thy heauie stroke.

B. pron. [These were originally the predicative and absolute uses of the possessive adjective. Following the generalization of thy as the invariable form of the 2nd person singular possessive adjective, thine took on a pronominal function parallel to that of ours, yours, hers, etc.]

1. Predicatively: that which (or a person who) belongs to thee. Cf. yours pron. 2.

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OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 14 May 103 Ic geseo twegen beagas cuman of heofonum, se mara is þin ond se læssa is min.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxii. 211 Ealle mine ðing sindon ðine, and ðine ðing sindon mine.

OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xvii. 6 Hig wæron þine [OE Lindisf. ðino ueron; L. tui erant] & þu hy sealdest me & hi geheoldon þine spræce.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 299 Rin [a1250 Titus Run] him wið ase muche luue as þu hauest..he is þin.

a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 271 (MED) Al is tin, mi sweting.

c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 4 Haue þis ring. Whil he is þin, ne dute noþing.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 949 Fro this day forth I am al thin.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2601 If ani barn of hir war þine.

a1450 York Plays (1885) 312 Þe perill and þe plight is thyne.

1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Matt. vi. 13 For thyne is the kyngedome and the power, and the glorye.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 56 Sum part salbe thyne.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 253 Let her be thine .

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 154 Almightie, thine this universal Frame.

1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs i. 60 And blessings more than we can give Be, Lord, for ever thine.

1762 London Mag. June 329/2 Where thy smiles propitious shine, The whole prolific year is thine.

1827 R. Emmons Fredoniad IV. xxxviii. 198 An Aaron Priesthood future shall be thine, To make you holy as the stars that shine!

1869 Ld. Tennyson Holy Grail 449 ‘Take thou my robe,’ she said, ‘for all is thine.’

1886 E. Pfeiffer Sonnets 20 All devouring Fire, Who made his body thine with love as dire; Air pregnate with his breath.

1905 ‘L. Hope’ Indian Love 11 Thine is his valour, oh Bride, and his beauty, Thine to possess and re-issue again.

1997 R. Wright Sci. Romance (1999) 307 A crown in hell shall soon be thine.

2. Equivalent to thy with a noun supplied from the context. Frequently paired or contrasted with another possessive.maugre thine: see maugre prep. 1a.

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eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. vii. 410 [Gif hit] fæger is, þæt is of hior[a agnum gecynde], næs of þinum. Hior[a fæger hit is, nas] þin.

c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 6 Iwurðe mines drihtines wille & ðin.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1128 (MED) To-mo[r]we ye sholen ben weddeth, And, maugre þin, to-gidere beddeth.

a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 3488 (MED) Þi right es noght, for al es myne, And I wil have yt, mawgre þine.

?a1425 in D. Knoop & G. P. Jones Mediæval Mason (1933) 266 Thou schalnot..ly..by thy felows concubyne No more thou woldest he dede by thyne.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 316 I thank þe at þou hase giffen me my son agayn, & behold, lo, I bryng þe thyne agayn.

a1500 (?a1425) Antichrist (Peniarth) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mills Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. App. 513 (MED) More ys Goddys maystrye then eke the devuls and thyn.

?1575 tr. H. Niclaes Epistolæ v. i. 67 But now am I in many Mens Eyes; as also haply in thyne; very ougly and loathsom.

1601 J. Lyly Loves Metamorphosis i. ii Of what colours or flowers is thine made of, Niobe?

a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 464 And when Sols Rayes shall all combine Thine to out-burn, though not outshine.

1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1396 Stanhope.—Tastes are different, you know... Englishman.—That's true; but thine's a devilish odd one.

1782 W. Cowper Charity in Poems 304 Knowledge such as..only sympathy like thine could reach.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xx. 201 Strong are mine arms, and little care A weight so slight as thine to bear.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 126 I'll slate my dog against thine.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Love Poems 52 Niver a baby had eyes As sulky an' ormin' as thine.

1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton v. 103 No hand oll toch thee a hare of thy hed els dam my eies and dam this fifly gurnray of engelin for barin my boddy an thine.

a. That which belongs to thee; thy property. Now only in mine and thine (also thine and mine): (the distinction between) what is one's own and what is another's (cf. meum and tuum n. at meum n.²). Cf. yours pron. 3c.

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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > that which is one's own > that which is mine, ours, his, hers, or yours

oureOE

hisOE

mineOE

thineOE

hernc1230

hersa1250

ourna1382

yourna1382

oursa1400

his'nc1425

yours1526

OE Genesis A (1931) 2145 Nis woruldfeoh, þe ic me agan wille, sceat ne scilling, þæs ic on sceotendum, þeoden mæra, þines ahredde [L. non accipiam ex omnibus quae tua sunt].

lOE Laws: Hit Becwæð (Corpus Cambr.) iii. §2. 400 Ne gyrne ic ðines, ne læðes ne landes, ne sace ne socne; ne ðu mines ne ðearft.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 79 Ȝif þu mare spenest of þine, hwan ic aȝen cherre al ic þe ȝelde.

c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) 10 Ȝif hem of þine bliþeli..Selde is þe hous pouere wher God is stiward.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2428 (MED) Of þin wil i neuer a dele.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 17^v That amonge them [sc. Cubans], the lande is as common as the sonne and water: And that Myne and Thyne (the seedes of all myscheefe) haue no place with them.

1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 4) l. 881 So wee two must bee two..Keep mine then from thine then.

1773 Socrates & Plato vi. 91 In the first state there could be nothing partial, no mine or thine; but all was general, mutual and equal.

1891 W. Morris Poems by Way 137 No manslayer then the wide world o'er When Mine and Thine are known no more.

1927 Fortn. Rev. June 843 No trumpery considerations of social rank, of thine and mine,..had interfered with the overmastering power that impelled..him to see her.

b. Those who are thine, esp. thy family, kindred, or friends. Chiefly in thou (also thee) and thine. Cf. yours pron. 3a.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > relations or kindred > [noun] > relations and friends

kithc1000

thineOE

kith and kin1377

lyancec1380

you and yoursa1400

peoplea1425

alliance1548

homefolk1798

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiii. 219 Far ðe ham to ðinum, and cyð hu micele mihte drihten on ðe geworhte.

OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) i. 236 Þu & þine [L. tui] beoð alysde hale to feranne.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 85 Ðanne most þu don al swa ðu hafst aure idon bi alle ðinen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4908 Ȝif þu and þine þer wurðeð dæd, þeonne beo ich wið mine sune iued.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2386 Abram þis es þi land Þar þou and tine [Fairf. þine] sal be weldand.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 5756 (MED) But þou do þus..þou and þyne shal be me loth.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 201 To restoryn as myche as was don harme be þe or be þine.

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 90 Labour..to geate that thee and thyne behoueth.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L3^v Lasting shame On thee and thine this night I will inflict.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 176 Thou and thine vsurpe The Dominations, Royalties, and rights Of this oppressed boy.

1776 A. M. Toplady in Sacred Poetry (1868) 109 Thou Feeder and Guardian of Thine.

1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 187 Poor breathing speck, as little thou'lt be miss'd, When thou and thine are struck from Being's list!

1896 W. Morris Well at World's End ii. x. 394 We so many that thou and thine will be in regard of us as the pips to the apple.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 61 Thou shalt not worship projects nor Shalt thou or thine bow down before Administration.

c. of thine: that is (or are) thine; belonging to thee (see of prep. 32). Cf. yours pron. 3b.

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a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 77 Gif ðu him lanst ani þing of ðinen, and tu nimst aȝean more ðanne ðu him lændest.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 168 Ma dame, I am a man of thyne, That in thi Court have longe served.

1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Biii Spyttynge in that blessed face of thyne.

1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xiv. 119 Quhome thow nor nane of thyne dirst face.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 18 Those Linnen cheekes of thine Are Counsailers to feare.

a1692 T. Shadwell Volunteers (1693) i. i. 7 That Mother in Law of thine, is..I believe given to stumble much.

a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. iii. xi. 223 All that paunch-gut and little carcas of thine.

1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 351 Wishfully I look and languish In that bonie face of thine.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xv. 37 Where hast thou left that page of thine, That used to serve thy cup of wine?

1886 D. C. Murray Aunt Rachel II. i. 12 Tek a shillin' and get a drop o' good stuff wi' it, an' warm up that old gizzard o' thine.

1904 F. Hayllar Legend St. Frideswide 9 Better among the rootling swine, In forest drear and lone, O Alfgar, than be bride of thine.

1998 D. Eddings & L. Eddings Rivan Codex (1999) 38 The fate of the world lies within this Orb of thine.

4. Used formulaically at the end of a letter. Cf. yours pron. 4.Often qualified by an adverb or adverbial phrase.Used in letters by Quakers until the early 20th cent. (cf. quots. 1870, 1918); see the etymology at thou pron. and n.¹

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1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38^v I bidde thee farewell, and flye women. Thine euer Euphues.

1638 T. Jackson Treat. Consecration Sonne of God Ep. to Rdr. sig. ¶¶2 Thine ever in Christ Iesu Thomas Iackson.

1711 R. M. Summary of Divine Truths Pref. sig. A4^v Thine faithfully devoted. R. M.

1782 R. Bage Mt. Henneth II. 262 Miss Stanley expressed great pleasure at the proposal, and Mr. Foston sets out to-morrow. Thine, John Cheslyn.

1870 L. Mott Let. 1 May in E. C. Stanton et al. Hist. Woman Suffrage (1881) II. 873 Thine in haste and affectionately, Lucretia Mott.

1918 Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. 15 122/2 Thine sincerely, William Kennedy.

2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Mar. 5 The boy concludes his letter ‘Thine Faithfully’. One quickly senses Drummond's apoplexy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	thine
释义	thineadj.pron. Brit. /ðʌɪn/, U.S. /ðaɪn/ Forms: α. Old English ðyn (rare), Old English–early Middle English ðin, Old English (rare)–Middle English þiin, Old English–Middle English þin, Old English (rare)–Middle English þinn, Old English (rare)–Middle English þyn, early Middle English þime (transmission error, dative), Middle English thin, Middle English þhin, Middle English thyen, Middle English thyn, Middle English þim (transmission error), Middle English þiyn, Middle English þyin, late Middle English þein, late Middle English þeyn, late Middle English theyn, late Middle English thynne, late Middle English þine, late Middle English þinne, late Middle English þyne, late Middle English–1500s thyne, late Middle English– thine; Scottish pre-1700 thayne, pre-1700 theyne, pre-1700 thin, pre-1700 thyn, pre-1700 thyne, pre-1700 1700s– thine. β. early Middle English ten (south-west midlands), Middle English tin, Middle English tine, Middle English tyn; Scottish (Shetland) 1800s dyn, 1800s– dine, 1900s– din. γ. Chiefly northern, north-east midlands, and Norfolk in later use early Middle English hin, early Middle English hyn, early Middle English yn, early Middle English yng, early Middle English zin, Middle English yen, Middle English yien, Middle English yiin, Middle English yin, Middle English yyn, late Middle English yine, late Middle English yne, late Middle English yyne, late Middle English yynne. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with (as possessive adjective) Old Frisian thīn , dīn (West Frisian dyn ), Old Dutch thīn , dīn (Middle Dutch dijn , early modern Dutch dijn ), Old Saxon thīn (Middle Low German dīn ), Old High German dīn , thīn (Middle High German dīn , German dein ), Old Icelandic þinn , þínn , Norn (Orkney) thine , (Shetland) din , Norwegian din , Old Swedish þin (Swedish din ), Old Danish thin (Danish din ), Gothic þeins , showing a derivative formation ultimately < the same Indo-European base as thee n.¹ On the development of use as pronoun see note at B. On the history of use of thine pron. relative to yours pron. (and yourn pron.) see general discussion of second person forms at thou pron. and n.¹ and at you pron., adj., and n.An ultimately related form serves in early Germanic languages as the genitive of the pronoun of the 2nd person singular; compare Old English þīn , Old Frisian thīn , Old Dutch thīn , Old Saxon thīn , Old High German dīn , Old Icelandic þín , Norn (Shetland) din , Gothic þeina . This use of Old English þīn does not survive in Middle English (uses such as maugre þin in quot. c1300 at sense B. 2 are after French). Compare: OE Husband's Message 29 Onsite sænacan, þæt þu suð heonan ofer merelade monnan findest, þær se þeoden is þin on wenum.OE Blickling Homilies 233 Hie woldon to eorþan astigan, & þin þær onbidan.OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 250 Recordor tui ic gemune ðe oððe ic eom ðin gemyndig, recordans tui. In Old English and early Middle English inflected as a strong adjective; the alternation of thin (singular) and thine (plural) is still common in Middle English of the 14th cent. For the history of thy and thine as possessive adjective see thy adj. The β. forms in Middle English are especially frequent in 13th-cent. texts and occur particularly after dentals (d , t ); compare β. forms at thou pron. and n.¹, and see discussion at that entry. Insular Scots (Shetland) din , dine , etc., show the same sound change as du thou pron. With the γ. forms compare discussion at you pron., adj., and n. The possessive adjective and pronoun of the second person singular. Now archaic and poetic. A. adj. (determiner). 1. Modifying a following noun: = thy adj. In later use only before a vowel or h. (Chiefly superseded by thy adj. and more generally by your adj.). ΚΠ OE Beowulf (2008) 1761 Nu is þines mægnes blæd ane hwile. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 10 Gewurþe ðin willa on eorðan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6727 Þurrh þine gode þæwess. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 13 Þenne beoð þine daȝes ilenged..in eorðan. a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 7 So þu dest & so þu schalt uor ðire mild-heortnesse. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 429 (MED) Al so þu dost on þire side. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1545 Þine sustren scullen habben mi kine-lond. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3554 Go ðu nu dun ðin folc to sen. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 22 Ȝif thin eiȝe be symple, al thi body shal be liȝtful. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 24675 For qui his moder was tin ant. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 923 Al þe dais on þin eild. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 56 No doute is in thi watir ner thyn aier. a1500 Chaucer's Treat. Astrolabe: Insertion (BL Add. 23002) (1872) 81 To knowe the degre of thyn sonne in thyn zodiak. a1500 tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) 3 Aftir þat, kembe thine hed, for þat openith þe poris of þe hed. 1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 35 Faill nocht to prent in thy rememb[e]rance, That he wyll nocht excuse thyne ignorance. 1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ ii. §47 I am amazed at this thine answer. 1616 B. Jonson Forrest ix, in Wks. I Drink to me, onley, with thine eyes. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 129 If righteousness be such a beauty-spot in thine eyes. View more context for this quotation ?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 19 Not let thine Heart,..blutter any thing before God. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 782 Thine eye shall be instructed, and thine heart, Made pure, shall relish [etc.]. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 15 Meadows, that outskirt the side Of thine enmossed realms. 1884 E. H. Plumptre Lazarus (ed. 4) 198 Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old, Was strong to heal and save. 1925 W. Watson Poems Brief & New 69 These matters are beyond thine understanding. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton ii. 30 This thine holy house become a piss-pot. †2. As postmodifier. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Andreas (1932) 65 A ic symles wæs on wega gehwam willan þines georn on mode. OE Cynewulf Elene 783 Gedo nu, fæder engla, forð beacen þin. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2282 Ðis is gunge beniamin, Hider brogt after bode-word ðin. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11340 Do me to rest, nu seruand þine. a1400 in W. L. Braekman Fortune-telling by Casting of Dice (1981) 28 (MED) Yynk, cater, deux is schauns yin of yis cast. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 594 Pompeus, fader thyn in lawe..of thorient hadde al the chiualrie. 1583 W. Hunnis Seuen Sobs i. 3 Yet, ô Lord, in rigour thine Forbeare thy heauie stroke. B. pron. [These were originally the predicative and absolute uses of the possessive adjective. Following the generalization of thy as the invariable form of the 2nd person singular possessive adjective, thine took on a pronominal function parallel to that of ours, yours, hers, etc.] 1. Predicatively: that which (or a person who) belongs to thee. Cf. yours pron. 2. ΚΠ OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 14 May 103 Ic geseo twegen beagas cuman of heofonum, se mara is þin ond se læssa is min. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxii. 211 Ealle mine ðing sindon ðine, and ðine ðing sindon mine. OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xvii. 6 Hig wæron þine [OE Lindisf. ðino ueron; L. tui erant] & þu hy sealdest me & hi geheoldon þine spræce. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 299 Rin [a1250 Titus Run] him wið ase muche luue as þu hauest..he is þin. a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 271 (MED) Al is tin, mi sweting. c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 4 Haue þis ring. Whil he is þin, ne dute noþing. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 949 Fro this day forth I am al thin. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2601 If ani barn of hir war þine. a1450 York Plays (1885) 312 Þe perill and þe plight is thyne. 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Matt. vi. 13 For thyne is the kyngedome and the power, and the glorye. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 56 Sum part salbe thyne. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 253 Let her be thine . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 154 Almightie, thine this universal Frame. View more context for this quotation 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs i. 60 And blessings more than we can give Be, Lord, for ever thine. 1762 London Mag. June 329/2 Where thy smiles propitious shine, The whole prolific year is thine. 1827 R. Emmons Fredoniad IV. xxxviii. 198 An Aaron Priesthood future shall be thine, To make you holy as the stars that shine! 1869 Ld. Tennyson Holy Grail 449 ‘Take thou my robe,’ she said, ‘for all is thine.’ 1886 E. Pfeiffer Sonnets 20 All devouring Fire, Who made his body thine with love as dire; Air pregnate with his breath. 1905 ‘L. Hope’ Indian Love 11 Thine is his valour, oh Bride, and his beauty, Thine to possess and re-issue again. 1997 R. Wright Sci. Romance (1999) 307 A crown in hell shall soon be thine. 2. Equivalent to thy with a noun supplied from the context. Frequently paired or contrasted with another possessive.maugre thine: see maugre prep. 1a. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. vii. 410 [Gif hit] fæger is, þæt is of hior[a agnum gecynde], næs of þinum. Hior[a fæger hit is, nas] þin. c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 6 Iwurðe mines drihtines wille & ðin. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1128 (MED) To-mo[r]we ye sholen ben weddeth, And, maugre þin, to-gidere beddeth. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 3488 (MED) Þi right es noght, for al es myne, And I wil have yt, mawgre þine. ?a1425 in D. Knoop & G. P. Jones Mediæval Mason (1933) 266 Thou schalnot..ly..by thy felows concubyne No more thou woldest he dede by thyne. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 316 I thank þe at þou hase giffen me my son agayn, & behold, lo, I bryng þe thyne agayn. a1500 (?a1425) Antichrist (Peniarth) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mills Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. App. 513 (MED) More ys Goddys maystrye then eke the devuls and thyn. ?1575 tr. H. Niclaes Epistolæ v. i. 67 But now am I in many Mens Eyes; as also haply in thyne; very ougly and loathsom. 1601 J. Lyly Loves Metamorphosis i. ii Of what colours or flowers is thine made of, Niobe? a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 464 And when Sols Rayes shall all combine Thine to out-burn, though not outshine. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1396 Stanhope.—Tastes are different, you know... Englishman.—That's true; but thine's a devilish odd one. 1782 W. Cowper Charity in Poems 304 Knowledge such as..only sympathy like thine could reach. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xx. 201 Strong are mine arms, and little care A weight so slight as thine to bear. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 126 I'll slate my dog against thine. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Love Poems 52 Niver a baby had eyes As sulky an' ormin' as thine. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton v. 103 No hand oll toch thee a hare of thy hed els dam my eies and dam this fifly gurnray of engelin for barin my boddy an thine. 3. a. That which belongs to thee; thy property. Now only in mine and thine (also thine and mine): (the distinction between) what is one's own and what is another's (cf. meum and tuum n. at meum n.²). Cf. yours pron. 3c. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > that which is one's own > that which is mine, ours, his, hers, or yours oureOE hisOE mineOE thineOE hernc1230 hersa1250 ourna1382 yourna1382 oursa1400 his'nc1425 yours1526 OE Genesis A (1931) 2145 Nis woruldfeoh, þe ic me agan wille, sceat ne scilling, þæs ic on sceotendum, þeoden mæra, þines ahredde [L. non accipiam ex omnibus quae tua sunt]. lOE Laws: Hit Becwæð (Corpus Cambr.) iii. §2. 400 Ne gyrne ic ðines, ne læðes ne landes, ne sace ne socne; ne ðu mines ne ðearft. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 79 Ȝif þu mare spenest of þine, hwan ic aȝen cherre al ic þe ȝelde. c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) 10 Ȝif hem of þine bliþeli..Selde is þe hous pouere wher God is stiward. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2428 (MED) Of þin wil i neuer a dele. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 17^v That amonge them [sc. Cubans], the lande is as common as the sonne and water: And that Myne and Thyne (the seedes of all myscheefe) haue no place with them. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 4) l. 881 So wee two must bee two..Keep mine then from thine then. 1773 Socrates & Plato vi. 91 In the first state there could be nothing partial, no mine or thine; but all was general, mutual and equal. 1891 W. Morris Poems by Way 137 No manslayer then the wide world o'er When Mine and Thine are known no more. 1927 Fortn. Rev. June 843 No trumpery considerations of social rank, of thine and mine,..had interfered with the overmastering power that impelled..him to see her. b. Those who are thine, esp. thy family, kindred, or friends. Chiefly in thou (also thee) and thine. Cf. yours pron. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > relations or kindred > [noun] > relations and friends kithc1000 thineOE kith and kin1377 lyancec1380 you and yoursa1400 peoplea1425 alliance1548 homefolk1798 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiii. 219 Far ðe ham to ðinum, and cyð hu micele mihte drihten on ðe geworhte. OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) i. 236 Þu & þine [L. tui] beoð alysde hale to feranne. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 85 Ðanne most þu don al swa ðu hafst aure idon bi alle ðinen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4908 Ȝif þu and þine þer wurðeð dæd, þeonne beo ich wið mine sune iued. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2386 Abram þis es þi land Þar þou and tine [Fairf. þine] sal be weldand. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 5756 (MED) But þou do þus..þou and þyne shal be me loth. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 201 To restoryn as myche as was don harme be þe or be þine. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 90 Labour..to geate that thee and thyne behoueth. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L3^v Lasting shame On thee and thine this night I will inflict. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 176 Thou and thine vsurpe The Dominations, Royalties, and rights Of this oppressed boy. View more context for this quotation 1776 A. M. Toplady in Sacred Poetry (1868) 109 Thou Feeder and Guardian of Thine. 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 187 Poor breathing speck, as little thou'lt be miss'd, When thou and thine are struck from Being's list! 1896 W. Morris Well at World's End ii. x. 394 We so many that thou and thine will be in regard of us as the pips to the apple. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 61 Thou shalt not worship projects nor Shalt thou or thine bow down before Administration. c. of thine: that is (or are) thine; belonging to thee (see of prep. 32). Cf. yours pron. 3b. ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 77 Gif ðu him lanst ani þing of ðinen, and tu nimst aȝean more ðanne ðu him lændest. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 168 Ma dame, I am a man of thyne, That in thi Court have longe served. 1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Biii Spyttynge in that blessed face of thyne. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xiv. 119 Quhome thow nor nane of thyne dirst face. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 18 Those Linnen cheekes of thine Are Counsailers to feare. View more context for this quotation a1692 T. Shadwell Volunteers (1693) i. i. 7 That Mother in Law of thine, is..I believe given to stumble much. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. iii. xi. 223 All that paunch-gut and little carcas of thine. 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 351 Wishfully I look and languish In that bonie face of thine. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xv. 37 Where hast thou left that page of thine, That used to serve thy cup of wine? 1886 D. C. Murray Aunt Rachel II. i. 12 Tek a shillin' and get a drop o' good stuff wi' it, an' warm up that old gizzard o' thine. 1904 F. Hayllar Legend St. Frideswide 9 Better among the rootling swine, In forest drear and lone, O Alfgar, than be bride of thine. 1998 D. Eddings & L. Eddings Rivan Codex (1999) 38 The fate of the world lies within this Orb of thine. 4. Used formulaically at the end of a letter. Cf. yours pron. 4.Often qualified by an adverb or adverbial phrase.Used in letters by Quakers until the early 20th cent. (cf. quots. 1870, 1918); see the etymology at thou pron. and n.¹ ΚΠ 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38^v I bidde thee farewell, and flye women. Thine euer Euphues. 1638 T. Jackson Treat. Consecration Sonne of God Ep. to Rdr. sig. ¶¶2 Thine ever in Christ Iesu Thomas Iackson. 1711 R. M. Summary of Divine Truths Pref. sig. A4^v Thine faithfully devoted. R. M. 1782 R. Bage Mt. Henneth II. 262 Miss Stanley expressed great pleasure at the proposal, and Mr. Foston sets out to-morrow. Thine, John Cheslyn. 1870 L. Mott Let. 1 May in E. C. Stanton et al. Hist. Woman Suffrage (1881) II. 873 Thine in haste and affectionately, Lucretia Mott. 1918 Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. 15 122/2 Thine sincerely, William Kennedy. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Mar. 5 The boy concludes his letter ‘Thine Faithfully’. One quickly senses Drummond's apoplexy. 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