thine

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At this moment I am my own -- or rather I am thine, thine, my adored! and the next we are parted, severed -- perhaps for ever!

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  1. pronoun Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to thee.
  2. adjective Used instead of thy before an initial vowel or h: "The presidential candidates are practicing the first rule of warfare: know thine enemy” (Eleanor Clift).

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  1. Middle English thin; see thy.

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  1. In defs. 1 and 2 orig. genitive of thou; from Middle English thin, thyn, from Anglo-Saxon thīn (= Old Saxon OFries. thīn = Old High German Middle High German dīn, German dein, deiner = Icelandic thīn = Gothic (Moesogothic) theina), genitive of thū, thou: see thou. In def. 3 merely possessive (adjective), from Middle English thin, thyn, from Anglo-Saxon thīn = Old Saxon thīn = OFries. thīn, din = Middle Dutch dijn = Old High German Middle High German dīn, German dein = Icelandic thīnn, thīn, thītt = Swedish Danish dīn = Gothic (Moesogothic) theins, thine; possessive adjective Hence, by loss of the final consonant, thy. For the forms and uses, cf. mine.
 

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