thy
Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”).
Conjunction
- Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”).
- For-thy it round and hollow shaped was, Like to the world itselfe, and seem'd aworld of glass. - 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
- Wallace knew well the Englishmen would flee, For thy he thrusted in the thickest to be, Hewing full fast on whomsoever he fought, Against his dint fine steel availed nought. - 1713, Robert Sanders, transl., The Life and...
- For thy it bring: us nearer to the Godhead is nonsense, Daya, if not blasphemy. - 1791, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, William TAYLOR (of Norwich.), Nathan the Wise. A dramatic poem, page 24:
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Determiner
- Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular).
Synonyms: thine
Origin
From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“thou”). See thou.