thine

American  

[thahyn] / ðaɪn /

pronoun

1. the possessive case of thou used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.

2. the possessive case of thou used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a vowel or vowel sound.

   thine eyes; thine honor.

3. that which belongs to thee.

   Thine is the power and the glory.

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thine British  

/ ðaɪn /

determiner

1. archaic Compare thy

   1. (preceding a vowel) of, belonging to, or associated in some way with you (thou)

      thine eyes

   2. ( as pronoun )

      thine is the greatest burden

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Etymology

Origin of thine

before 900; Middle English, Old English thīn; cognate with Old Norse thinn, Gothic theins; see thou ¹

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Example Sentences

It's a sentiment that leads inexorably to the number "To Thine Own Self," a song that naturally catches Shakespeare's pilfering ear.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2017

To Thine Own Character THE women of “Girls” are hardly the first ones for whom the outfits they wear are an essential part of their characters’ makeup.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2013

At the Littlefield event, Hazel Cills, a frizzy-haired 18-year-old from Philadelphia, read a column called “To Thine Own Self Be True,” which name-checked both Polonius and Angela Chase, the main character from “My So-Called Life.”

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2012

Sleepy Miss Lehmann sang Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes into the telephone, later learned that there was no Mr. Crawford at NBC.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Tarboxes never knew the difference between Thine and Mine.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck