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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thou \Thou\, pron. [Sing.: nom. {Thou}; poss. {Thy}or {Thine}; obj. {Thee}. Pl.: nom. {You}; poss. {Your}or {Yours}; obj. {You}.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [edh][umac], [edh]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][umac], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [fb]185. Cf. {Thee}, {Thine}, {Te Deum}.] The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi. 3. Note: [bd]In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty.[b8] --Skeat. Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thy \Thy\, pron. [OE. thi, shortened from thin. See {Thine}, {Thou}.] Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See {Thine}. Our father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. --Matt. vi. 9,10. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good. --Milton.