Aug 17, 2010 · I read a sentence containing the word thy, but I cannot find the meaning of that word. Is it older English, or is it still used in contemporary English today?

Sep 22, 2010 · Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns. Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy/thine is the …

Aug 18, 2017 · Thy and thine are archaic forms corresponding to your and yours respectively. Use thy where you would use your (but see note at end of answer) and thine where you would use yours.

Jun 26, 2019 · "Thy" would be less common, but I doubt that it has died out entirely. However, I can't imagine a typical Yorkshireman who would use "thee" and "thou" being sufficiently delicate as to use …

Jul 13, 2019 · Where he sayth, The kings and princes shal giue thée milke, and shall be thy nursses, they shall doo honour and reuerence vnto thée with their faces flat vppon the earth: kings shall walke …

Jun 4, 2021 · 6 I'm not sure of the explanation for "thy whole body". The KJV (at least, the version indexed at the website that you linked to) uses both my, thy, a and mine, thine, an before words …

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0 "thou, thee, thy, thine" were replaced by "you, your, yours" between 1600 and 1700. You still find thou and the connected forms in the Bible and in Shakespeare (around 1600). You would produce a very …

Dec 30, 2020 · Thou/thee/thy/thine are exceptions in that they survived into Modern English and can still be heard (albeit rarely or in religious contexts). There were old third-person pronouns in both Old …

Jul 5, 2023 · The fact that the character is a Quaker is very relevant. Quakers used thee for both the nominative and objective cases long after most other English speakers had stopped using thee and …