þi

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 1

Apocopated variants of þin, þine, thyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“thou”).

Determiner

þi (nominative pronoun þou)

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.

References

“thin, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old English þē (“you, thee”), accusative and dative form of þū.

Pronoun

þi

Alternative form of þe.

References

“the, (pron.2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

þi

Alternative form of þei

References

“thei (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 May 2018.

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