thee
pron.pron. an old-fashioned way to say 'you'. It is used when 'you' is the object of a sentence, like when someone gives something to you.
pron. the objective case of the second-person singular pronoun 'thou'. Archaic or literary in register; still used in some regional dialects and religious contexts.
I give this gift to thee.
The poet wrote a beautiful sonnet expressing how much he cherished the time spent with thee.
In many traditional hymns and classical literary works, the speaker addresses the divine or a beloved using thee to signify a specific level of intimacy or reverence.
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.
From Middle English theen (“to increase, prosper, flourish”), from Old English þēon (“to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow”), from Proto-Germanic þinhaną (“to thrive, succeed”), from Proto-Indo-European tenk- (“to succeed, turn out well”). Cognate with Dutch gedijen (“to flourish, thrive, prosper, succeed”), German gedeihen (“to thrive”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gaþeihan, “to increase, thrive”).
From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.
Respelling of the popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.
Functions as the object of a verb or preposition, corresponding to the modern 'you'.
Thee are my friendThou art my friendThee is the object form; thou is the subject form used before a verb.