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

All of those candidate contortions bring to mind a line from Hamlet: To thine own self be true.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

Play the Mini Crossword, and a clue: Shakespeare play with the line “To thine own self be true.”

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

This is intentional, part of its strategy to allow the story to play on a field of idealism and emphasize its loftier messages of both knowing yourself and "to thine own self, be true."

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

“Meryl Lee,” I said, “there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt