thine

¹thine

adjective \ˈthīn\

Definition of THINE

archaic

: thy —used especially before a word beginning with a vowel or h

Origin of THINE

Middle English thin, from Old English thīn

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with THINE

bine, brine, chine, cline, dine, dyne, fine, Jain, line, Main, mine, nine, pine, Quine, Rhine, rind, shine, shrine, sign, spine, spline, stein, swine, syne, tine, trine, twine, vine, whine, wine

²thine

pronoun, singular or plural in construction

Definition of THINE

archaic

: that which belongs to thee —used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective thy —used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and still surviving in the speech of Friends especially among themselves

Origin of THINE

Middle English thin, from Old English thīn, from thīn thy — more at thy

First Known Use: before 12th century