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þín

  • noun
  • adjective
  • pronoun
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Grammar
þín, prop. poss.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §460; §464;
attributive,
thy, thine,
with noun alone
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  • Tó becume þín (ðín,

      Lind.) ríce.
    Gewurðe þín willa, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 10.

  • Þínes fæder God,

      Gen. 31, 29.

  • Far of þínum lande and of þínre mǽgðe and of þínes fæder húse,

      12, 1.

  • Þínre dura belocenre, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 6. (1 a) where the noun is to be inferred :-- Ða ilcan ðé habbaþ nú heora ágnes þances forlétan, hales þínes, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 13. (1 b) strengthened by

    ágen

    :-- Þín ágen geleáfa þé hæfþ gehǽledne,
      Blickl. Homl. 15, 26.

  • Þurh þíne ágene gémeléste,

      Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 1.

  • Gif ðæt þíne ágne (ágnan,

      Bod. MS.) welan wǽron, 7, 3; Fox 20, 17.
where the noun is qualified by an adjective
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  • For þínum ídlan gilpe,

      Blickl. Homl. 31, 14.

  • For þínum gódan willan ... ða leán eallra þínra gódena weorca,

      Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 14-16.

  • Þurh þíne æðelan hand,

      Hy. 7, 5.

  • Ða módðínra getreówra freónda ... nimaþ hí heora men mid him and lǽtaþ þíne feáwan getreówan mid þé,

      20; Fox 72, 14-17.
where a demonstrative pronoun is used with the noun
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  • Þes þín sunu,

      Lk. Skt. 15, 30.

  • Þín se fægresta fæþm

    that fairest bosom of thine,

      Blickl. Homl. 7, 24.

  • Sege mé hwæþer se þín wela swá deóre seó,

      Bt. 13; Fox 38, 6: Met. 20, 29.

  • Álés þíne þa liófan gesceft,

      Hy. 8, 33: Ps. Th. 90, 7.

  • Hi ðæt þín fægere hús forbærndan,

      73, 7.

  • Ðæt wé ðæt yrfe þín herige,

      105, 5.
used in the genitive where the personal pronoun might be expected
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  • On þínes silfes hand,

      Hy. 7, 83.

  • Þurh þínes sylfes geweald,

      Exon. Th. 466, 26; Hö. 127.

  • Þínre sylfre sunu,

      21, 23; Cri. 339.

  • Mid þínes ánes geþeahte

    with the counsel of thee alone,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 19: Met. 20, 40. ¶ In
    poetry the pronoun may be separated from the words to which it belongs :-- Blǽd is árǽred geond wídwegas, wine mín Beówulf, þín ofer þeóda gehwylce, Beo. Th. 3414; B. 1705.

  • Ðæt ic mǽgburge móste þínre rím miclian,

      Cd, Th. 134, 6; Gen. 2220.

  • Gewít þú þínne eft waldend sécan,

      138, 16; Gen. 2292.
used predicatively,
thine
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  • Gilpan ðæt heora fægernes þín sié,

      Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 22.

  • Nán ðara góda þín nis,

      14, 2; Fox 42, 29.

  • Ealle míne þing synt þíne (ðíno,

      Lind.), Lk. Skt. 15, 31.

  • Hig wǽron þíne (ðíno,

      Lind.), Jn. Skt. 17, 6.
used substantively,
thine
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  • Nis sceat ðæs ic þínes áhredde

    not a penny of what I saved of thine,

      Cd. Th. 129, 16; Gen. 2144.

  • Ðonne þú and þíne beóþ álýsde

    when thou and thine are released,

      Lchdm. i. 328, 25.

  • Þú ðás werðeóde gesóhtest þíne þearfende (

    thy men being in need(?);

    v. þigen, II),
      Cd. Th. 149, 25; Gen. 2480.

  • Ealle míne synt þíne, and þíne (ðíno,

      Lind.) synt míne, Jn. Skt. 17, 10.
  • [Goth. þeins: O. L. Ger. O. Frs. thín: O. H. Ger. dín: Icel. þinn.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þín.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31860.

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