poss. pron. Forms: 1–4 ðín, þín, 4–5 þyn, þine, þyne, thin, thyn, 4–6 thyne, (2, 4 tin, 3 ten, 3–4 tine, 5 tyn), 4– thine. [OE. ðín, þín, used as genitive case of ðú, THOU, and as possess. adj. = OFris., OS. thîn (MDu. dijn, MLG., LG. dîn), OHG. dîn (MHG. dîn, G. dein), ON. þín (þín-n, etc.) (Norw., Sw., Da. dīn), Goth. gen. þeina, poss. pron. þeins, etc.:—OTeut. *þîno-, deriv. of stem þe-: see THEE.]
For restriction of use see note to THOU pron. 1.
† I. 1. Genitive case of the pronoun THOU: = of thee, thee. Obs.
971. Blickl. Hom., 233. Hie woldon to eorþan astiʓan, & þin þær onbidan.
c. 1300. Havelok, 1128. Ye sholen ben weddeth, And, maugre þin, to-gidere beddeth. Ibid., 1769.
c. 1500. Lancelot, 115. Al magre thine a seruand schal yow bee.
II. The possessive adjective or pronoun of the second person sing.: Belonging to thee.
In OE. an adj. þín, þíne, þín, with strong inflexions, remains of which survived in Early ME., as sing. masc. acc. þínne (þíne), dat. þínum (-an, -en, -e), gen. þínes; f. nom. þíne, gen. and dat. þínre (þire, þine); pl. nom., acc. þíne, dat. þínum (-on, -en, -e), gen. þínra (-re, þire). The final n of þin began to be dropped before a cons. a. 1200, leaving þī, later written þy, THY, q.v. At last thīn, thine, was restricted to the position in which the possessive is not followed by a sb. Cf. MINE.
2. Attributively (= Ger. dein, F. ton). Now arch. or poet. before a vowel or h, or when following the sb.: otherwise superseded by THY.
c. 825. Vesp. Psalter, ci[i]. 29. Bearn ðiowa ðinra ineardiað ðer. Ibid., cxviii[i]. 125. Ðiow ðin ic eam.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Th.), xlix. 21 [l. 20]. Þu sæte onʓean þinne broþor, and tældest hine.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. vi. 10. ʓewurþe ðin willa on eorðan.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 13. Þenne beoð þine daȝes ilenged … in eorðan.
c. 1200. Ormin, 6727. Þurrh þine gode þæwess.
c. 1205. Lay., 3093. Þine sustren sculen habben mi kinelond.
a. 1240. Ureisun, 149, in Cott. Hom., 199. Uor ðire mild-heortnesse.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 429. Al so þu dost on þire side.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3556. Go ðu nu dun ðin folc to sen.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 923 (Cott.). Al þe dais on þin eild. Ibid., 11340 (Gött.). Do me to rest nu seruand þine. Ibid., 24675 (Edin.). For qui his moder was tin ant.
1382. Wyclif, Matt. vi. 22. Ȝif thin eiȝe be symple, al thi body shal be liȝtful.
14[?]. Chaucer’s Astrol., II. § 2–3 (MS. L.). To knowe the degre of thyn sonne in thyn zodiak.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., I. 56. No doute is in thi watir ner thyn aier.
15[?]. Hunnis, Psalms vi. 59. Yet, O Lord, in rigour thine Forbeare thy heauie stroke.
1615. Bedwell, Moham. Imp., II. § 47. I am amazed at this thine answer.
1616. B. Jonson, Forest, To Celia, i. Drink to me only with thine eyes.
1784. Cowper, Task, V. 782. Thine eye shall be instructed, and thine heart, Made pure, shall relish [etc.].
1864. Plumptre, Hymn. Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old Was strong to heal and save.
3. Predicatively. (= Ger. der deinige, F. le tien.)
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., John xvii. 6. Hiʓ wæron þine [Lind. ðino ueron].
a. 1240. Wohunge, in Cott. Hom., 271. Al is tin mi sweting.
a. 1300. Floriz & Bl., 4. Whil he is þin ne dute noþing.
13[?]. Cursor M., 2601. If ani barn of hir war þine.
13[?]. Hampole, Medit. Passion, Wks. 1895, I. 93. Swete Ihesu, I biseche þee to … make me al þin.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 74. Fro this day forth I am al thin.
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 56. Sum part salbe thyne.
1534. Tindale, Matt. vi. 13. For thyne is the kyngedome and the power, and the glorye.
1605. Shaks., Lear, I. i. 265. Let her be thine.
1667. Milton, P. L., V. 154. Almightie, thine this universal Frame.
1707. Watts, Hymn, ‘Come let us join,’ iii. And blessings more than we can give Be, Lord, for ever thine.
1869. Tennyson, Grail, 449. ‘Take thou my robe,’ she said, ‘for all is thine.’
4. Elliptically, equivalent to THY with a sb. to be supplied from the previous context.
c. 1430. Freemasonry, 328. Ny by thy felows concubyne [lie], No more thou woldest he dede by thyne.
c. 1440. Alphabet of Tales, 316. I thank þe at þou hase giffen me my son agayn, & behold, lo, I bryng þe thyne agayn.
1601. Lyly, Love’s Met., I. ii. Of what colours or flowers is thine made of, Niobe?
1749. Chesterf., Lett. (1792), II. 220. S. Tastes are different, you know…. E. That’s true; but thine’s a devilish odd one.
5. absol. a. That which is thine; thy property. (= Ger. Deines, das deinige, F. le tien.)
a. 1000. Cædmon’s Gen., 2144 (Gr.). Nis … sceat ne scilling, þæs ic … þines ahredde.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 79. Ȝif þu mare spenest of þine, hwan ic aȝen cherre al ic þe ȝelde.
13[?]. Cursor M., 2428 (Cott.). O þine wil i not haue a dele. Ibid. (Gött.). Of þin wil i neuer a dele.
1555. Eden, Decades, 17 b. That amonge them [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.
b. (pl.) Those who are thine; thy people, family, or kindred. (= Ger. die deinigen, F. les tiens.)
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., John xvii. 10. Ealle mine synt þine & þine synt mine.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 328. Þonne þu & þine beoð alysde.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 2386 (Cott.). Abram þis es þi land Þar þou and tine [v.r. þine] sal be weldand.
c. 1440. Jacob’s Well, 201. To restoryn as myche as was don harme be þe or be þine.
1593. Shaks., Lucr., 1630. Lasting shame On thee and thine this night I will inflict.
1776. Toplady, in Sacr. Poetry (1868), 109. Thou Feeder and Guardian of Thine.
c. Of thine: that is (or are) thine; belonging to thee: see OF prep. 44.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 47. Ma dame, I am a man of thyne, That in thi Court have longe served.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 300 b. Spyttynge in that blessed face of thyne.
1605. Shaks., Macb., V. iii. 16. Those Linnen cheekes of thine Are Counsailers to feare.
1877. Tennyson, Harold, I. ii. Thou hast misread this merry dream of thine.
