Thine (&thlig;īn), pron. &
a. [OE. thin, AS. ðīn, originally gen. of ðu, ðū,
thou; akin to G. dein thine, Icel. þinn, possessive pron.,
þīn, gen. of þū thou, Goth. þeins, possessive pron., þeina, gen. of þu thou. See
Thou, and cf. Thy.]
A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
&fist; In the old style, thine was commonly shortened to thi (thy) when used attributively
before words beginning
with a consonant; now, thy is used also before vowels. Thine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed being understood.
Hear it pronounced