THINE

Definition: THINE

THINE

Pronoun & adjective

1. A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "THINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Advice

Phrase: "give every man thine ear but few thy voice"; "I pray thee cease thy counsel"; "my guide, philosopher, and friend"; "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good"; verbum sat sapienti; vive memor leti; "we, ask advice but we mean approbation".

Caution

Ante victoriam ne canas triumphum; "give, every man thine ear but few thy voice"; he who laughs last laughs best, il rit bien qui rit le dernier; ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no veas; nescit vox missa reverti; " love all, trust a few "; noli irritare leones; safe bind safe find; " if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Crosswords: THINE

Thou that smelled it thine own self dealt it. (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out. If thine own hand offends thee, then in God's name, cut it off (Deadly Blessing; writing credit: Glenn M. Benest; Matthew Barr)

My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, and true plain hearts do in thee faces rest (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein)

To thine own self be true (Renaissance Man; writing credit: Jim Burnstein)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• God: For Thine Is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory Forever, Amen (reference)

• Lift Thine Eyes: Evening Prayers for Every Day of the Year (reference)

• Love Thine Enemas & Heal Thyself (reference)

• Not my will, but Thine (reference)

• Thine is the Glory (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 168: Thine Own Self (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Have Thine Own Way (reference)

• Thine Angels Spirits (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Oh, hush thee, little dear-my-soul, and close thine eyes in dreaming. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

For, Hester, his spirit lacked the strength that could have borne up, as thine has, beneath a burden like thy scarlet letter

Love, thine is the future

There is my purse to cure that blow of thine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "THINE": thine eyes. Additional references.

Albanian

yt (one's own, our, thy, your). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملكك (thy), ‏لك (shellac, thy, yours), ‏خاصتك (thy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

твой (your, yours). (various references)

Farsi 

مال تو (Thy), ازان تو. (various references)

French

les tiens, les tiennes, le tien, la tienne. (various references)

German

dein (thy, your). (various references)

Greek 

ιδικόσ σου, δικός σου (your, yours), δικό σου. (various references)

Hebrew 

שלך (cormorant, osprey, thy, your). (various references)

Hungarian

tied (thy, your, yours). (various references)

Italian

le tue (your, yours), la tua (your, yours), il tuo (your, yours), i tuoi (your, yours), di te (thy). (various references)

Manx

lhiat (with you), dty (thy, your), dt' (thy, your), ayds (yours), ayd (at you, your). (various references)

Pig Latin

inethay.(various references)

Portuguese

tuas (thy, your, yours), tua (thy, your, yours), teus (thy, your, yours), teu (thy, your, yours). (various references)

Romanian

tãu (thy, your), ta (thy, your), al tãu (yours). (various references)

Russian 

твой (thy, your, yours). (various references)

Scottish

do (a verbal particle denoting "to, did, prep. to, thy, to, your). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tvoj (thy, your, yours). (various references)

Spanish

tuyo (yours). (various references)

Swedish

din (thy, your, yours). (various references)

Turkish

seninki (yours), senin (of thee, of you, thy, your). (various references)

Ukrainian

твій (thy, your, yours), твої (your, yours). (various references)

Welsh

eiddot (yours), eiddo (assets, belongings, hers, his, mine, ours, possessions, property, theirs, yours), dy (thy, your). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "THINE": amaranthine, hyacinthine, hypoxanthine, labyrinthine, methylxanthine, ornithine, rhadamanthine, xanthine. (additional references)

Words containing "THINE": airworthiness, airworthinesses, blameworthiness, blameworthinesses, breathiness, breathinesses, crashworthiness, crashworthinesses, creditworthiness, creditworthinesses, earthiness, earthinesses, filthiness, filthinesses, frothiness, frothinesses, growthiness, growthinesses, healthiness, healthinesses, hypoxanthines, lengthiness, lengthinesses, methylxanthines, newsworthiness, newsworthinesses, noteworthiness, noteworthinesses, ornithines, pithiness, pithinesses, praiseworthiness, praiseworthinesses, roadworthiness, roadworthinesses, seaworthiness, seaworthinesses, stealthiness, stealthinesses, swarthiness, swarthinesses, trustworthiness, trustworthinesses, unhealthiness, unhealthinesses, unworthiness, unworthinesses, wealthiness, wealthinesses, worthiness, worthinesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: thein.

-1 letter: hent, hint, nite, then, thin, tine.

-2 letters: eth, hen, het, hie, hin, hit, net, nit, nth, ten, the, tie, tin.

-3 letters: eh, en, et, he, hi, in, it, ne, ti.

+1 letter: ethion, ethnic, henbit, hinted, hinter, theine, theins, whiten, zenith.

+2 letters: benthic, bethink, cithern, cithren, etching, ethinyl, ethions, ethnics, fishnet, gahnite, hairnet, heating, hefting, hematin, henbits, henting, hinters, histone, hotline, ichnite, inearth, inherit, kitchen, lighten, neither, neolith, nighest, nightie, nitchie, rethink, sheitan, sithens, sthenia, sthenic, technic, theelin, theines, theming, therein, thicken, thinker, thinned, thinner, thriven, thymine, tighten, unwhite, whitens, writhen, zeniths, zithern.