- What does thy mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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?
- word choice - Which one should I use thy thine - English Language . . .
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
- What is the difference between thee and thou?
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 possessive form Before they all merged into the catch-all form you, English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between singular and plural (or formal): thou - singular
- Can I use word Thou, Thee, Thy and Thine like following
"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 the word "thine"
- formality - If thy is an informal pronoun, then why does The Lords . . .
Note: I favour the OP's title Why does the Our Father use “thy”? rather than the edited version If “thy” is an informal pronoun, then why does The Lord's Prayer use it to refer to God? Also, my suggested edit to the OQ, adding the tag grammatical-number remains apropos and should not have been rejected
- Where did Shakespeare get milk of human kindness from?
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 in thy lyght, and shall buylde thy walles, they shall bring vnto thée golde and siluer, and shall serue thée, thou shalte sucke the milke of nations, and
- Is there a pattern between thou and thee when used in a sentence
For the past months, I've been trying to add thou, thee, thy, thine, and other archaic words in my everyday vocabulary; I just love archaic English words — and the Early Modern English grammar for a bit, but I don't use that grammar But as I use "thou" and "thee" in some of my school activities in English, I get confuse between the twain
- Meaning of I thou thee? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
21 What is the meaning of "thou thee" from the quotation below referenced in this Quora answer? (Attributed to the attorney-general at Sir Walter Raleigh’s trial ) All that he did was at thy instigation, thou viper; for I thou thee, thou traitor
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