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Thin(e, Thyn(e, possess. adj. Also: theyne, thayne. [ME and e.m.E. þine (c1175), þin (a1300), thin (Wyclif), thyne (Gower), thyn (15th c.), thine (Shakespeare), OE ðín, þín, ON þín.]

1. Qualifying a following noun: = Thi possess. adj.Only before vowels and h. 1375 Barb. xvii 59 (C).
I sall wirk on sic maner, That thou at thine entent sall be a1400 Leg. S. i 412.
Than sad Petir: ‘I dred rycht small Thine angelis’ c1400 Troy-bk. ii 337 (D).
Gret quantite … Of gold … Of which thow & thyn ayris may In-to ryches habound for ay c1420 Ratis R. 266.
A gracious thing … Is to kep weill thin handis tway a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 1102.
I sall thi kyndnes quyte, And sauf thyn honoure c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 68.
For all thine [B., M. thi] ornate stilis so perfyte

2. Used predicatively and elliptically.For maugre thine (= in spite of you) see Maugré prep. a.(1) predic. a1500 Rauf C. 56.
For I trow and it be nocht swa, sum part salbe thyne a1500 Henr. Robene & M. 83.
For all my luve it salbe thyne c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 205/22.
Thocht all war thyne this warld within so wyd(2) 1456 Hay II 152/23.
Thou may mare conquest bathe of ryches and honour with thair wisedome and thyne, na with bataill

3. absol. a. Those who belong to thee; thy followers, family, etc. b. That, or those things, that belong to thee.a. c1475 Wall. x 142.
Thow art cled with our men, Had we our awn, thin war bot few to ken 1535 Stewart 30585.
To thé and thyne it ma greit honour be a1585 Polwart Flyt. 674 (H).
I count such kinred better ȝit nor thyne 1596–7 Misc. Spald. C. I 85.
I sall giwe breid to my bairnis this towmound, and thow sall nocht byd ane monetht with thin to gif tham breidb. 1513 Doug. i Prol. 52.
Thyne is the thank, and myne salbe the schame 1567 G. Ball. 19.
For Kingdome, power, gloir, and all is thyne a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 881 (Wr.).
So wee two must bee two … Keep mine then from thine then(b) 1621-40 Melville Commonpl. Bk. 7.
It is better late theyne nor nevir theyne

c. Of thine, belonging to or associated with thee. 1513 Doug. xiii x 91.
Thai sall return to this ilk town of thyne 1570 Sat. P. xiv 49.
Quhome thow nor nane of thyne dirst face(b) c1600 Montg. Suppl. v 4.
Thay sarwandis that sick plesur takis To leif lyk sempell slaives of thayne

4. Thine allane, by thyself.Cf. mine (etc.) allane, Allane adj. 2 b . 1513 Doug. iii vi 69.
Quhen thine alane musyng as thou sal ga