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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thee \Thee\ (th[=e]), verb (used without an object) [AS. [thorn]e['o]n; akin to OS. th[=i]han, D. gedijen, G. gedeihen, OHG. gidihan, Goth. [thorn]eihan, Lith. tekti to fall to the lot of. Cf. {Tight}, a.] To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] ''He shall never thee.'' --Chaucer.
Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thee \Thee\ ([th][=e]), pronoun [AS. [eth][=e], acc. & dat. of [eth][=u] thou. See {Thou}.] The objective case of thou. See {Thou}.
Note: Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for himself, etc.
This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee, Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
thou \thou\ ([th]ou), pronoun [Sing.: nom. {Thou}; poss. {Thy} ([th][imac]) or {Thine} ([th][imac]n); obj. {Thee} ([th][=e]). Pl.: nom. {You} (y[=oo]); poss. {Your} (y[=oo]r) or {Yours} (y[=oo]rz); obj. {You}.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy', Dor. ty', Skr. tvam. [root]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: ''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.'' --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.
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