thy

Etymology 1

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.

det

  1. (archaic, dialectal, literary) Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular).

Etymology 2

conj

  1. (obsolete) 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 Acts of Sir William Wallace
    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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