thee

[ thee ]

pronoun

1. Archaic except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose. the second person singular object pronoun, equivalent to modern you; the objective case of thou ¹:

   With this ring, I thee wed. I shall bring thee a mighty army.

2. thou (used chiefly by Quakers ):

   Must I remind thee again?

   She and thee are most welcome.

thee

/ ðiː /

pronoun

1. the objective form of thou 1
2. rare.
   subjective refers to the person addressed: used mainly by members of the Society of Friends

Word History and Origins

Origin of thee¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English thē (originally dative; later dative and accusative); cognate with Low German di, German dir, Old Norse thēr; thou ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of thee¹

Old English thē; see thou ¹

Example Sentences

Progressives in the grip of one of their signature moral crusades routinely embrace money in politics for me, but not for thee.

From The Daily Beast

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

From The Daily Beast

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

From The Daily Beast

Woe unto thee good people of North Carolina for the Muslims are coming to impose Islamic law.

From The Daily Beast

Set to the tune of "I Vow to Thee My Country," it finds the Royalist on the verge of patriotic tears.

From The Daily Beast

For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.

From Project Gutenberg

Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.

From Project Gutenberg

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!

From Project Gutenberg

Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.

From Project Gutenberg

Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.

From Project Gutenberg