Thy
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Honorific Honorific alternative letter-case form of thy, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
thy
conjalso spelled Thy/ˈðaɪ̯/ · [ˈðaɪ̯]
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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:
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- 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: