þi

See also: thi

Middle English

Alternative forms

• thi

Etymology 1

Apocopated variants of þin, þine, thyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiː/
• IPA^(key): /ðiː/
• IPA^(key): /tiː/

Determiner

þi (nominative pronoun þou)

1. second-person singular possessive determiner: thy, your

Usage notes

When followed by a word starting with a vowel or h-, þin or one of its variants is typically used.

Alternative forms

• þy, thy, þei, þey, they, þhi, ti, ty, yi, yhi

References

• “thin, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Determiner

þi

1. (Northern) Alternative form of þe (“the”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

þi

1. Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

þi

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

þi

1. Alternative form of þe (“the”)

Etymology 6

Noun

þi (plural þies)

1. Alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)

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Old English

Article

þī

1. Alternative form of þȳ

Determiner

þī

1. Alternative form of þȳ

Pronoun

þī

1. Alternative form of þȳ