thy
determiner, possessive form, one person
Early Modern English
Meaning
Belonging to you. tree →
Then and now
No longer used in everyday speech; today we say your.
Examples
- I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord. (Torah GEN.49.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- "In thy wife's head," says she. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
- And they shall hearken to thy voice. (Torah EXO.3.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: your.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «thy» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «thy» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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