þi

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See also: Thi, thi, thi-, thì, thí, thī, Thị, thị, ʈʰi, thĩ, thî, and þí

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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An apocopic form of þin, þine, thyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (stressed) IPA(key): /θiː/, /ðiː/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /ði/[1][2]
  • (after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA(key): /tiː/, /ti/

Determiner

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þi (nominative pronoun þou)

  1. second-person singular possessive determiner: thy, your[3]
Usage notes
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When followed by a word starting with a vowel or h-, þin or one of its variants is typically used.

Descendants
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  • English: thy
  • Yola: thee, th'
See also
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References

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  1. ^ Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
  2. ^ Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
  3. ^ thin, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

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Determiner

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þi

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

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

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þi

  1. Alternative form of þe (thee)

Etymology 4

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Pronoun

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þi

  1. Alternative form of þei (they)

Etymology 5

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Adverb

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þi

  1. Alternative form of þe (the)

Etymology 6

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Noun

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þi (plural þies)

  1. Alternative form of þigh (thigh)

Old English

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Article

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þī

  1. Alternative form of þȳ

Determiner

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þī

  1. Alternative form of þȳ

Pronoun

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þī

  1. Alternative form of þȳ