Mine (mn), pron. & a. [OE. min, fr. AS. mn; akin to D. mijn, OS.,
OFries., & OHG. mn, G. mein, Sw. & Dan. min, Icel. minn, Goth. meins
my, mine, meina of me, and E. me. √187. See Me, and cf. My.]
Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a
pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is mine; I will
repay." Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively,
instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.