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thyself
English
Alternative forms
- Thyself (honorific)
Etymology
From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þ?nes silfes, þ?nre sylfre, etc., equivalent to thy +? -self. Compare Middle English thou-self, Old English þ? sylfum, þ? selfum.
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?-s?lf', IPA(key): /ða??s?lf/
- Hyphenation: thy?self
Pronoun
thyself
- (archaic, literary, dialectal) yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou
Synonyms
- theeself
See also
Anagrams
- Flythes
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thiself
Etymology
from Old English þ?nes silfes, þ?nre sylfre, etc., equivalent to thy +? self.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?s?lf/
Pronoun
thyself
- yourself
Descendants
- English: thyself
- Yola: theezil
References
- “th?-self, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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myself
English
Alternative forms
- meself (non-standard)
- myselfe (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English myself, meself, me-self, me sylf, from Old English m? self, m? seolf (“myself”), equivalent to me (pronoun) + self (pronoun), later partly reinterpreted as my + self (noun), my +? -self. Compare Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ma??s?lf/
- Rhymes: -?lf
- Hyphenation: my?self
Pronoun
myself (reflexive case of I)
- (reflexive) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. [from 9th c.]
- Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]
- In my normal state of body or mind.
- Me (as the object of a verb or preposition). [from 10th c.]
- I feel like myself.
- (archaic) I (as the subject of a verb). [from 14th c.]
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged:
- Myself am confident that an ointment of it is one of the best remedies for a scabby head that is.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged:
- (India, Pakistan, nonstandard) my name is...
Usage notes
- Use where I could be used is mostly poetic or archaic, except with a coordinating conjunction, such as and.
- Garner's Modern American Usage (2009) reports opposition to the intensifier use, especially where I could be used.
- AP Stylebook Online (2010) reports opposition to the intensifier use as reflexive pronouns (like myself) should not be used instead of objective pronouns (like me).
Synonyms
- (reflexive pronoun): me
Related terms
- myselves
Translations
See also
Middle English
Alternative forms
- myselve
Etymology
From Old English m? self, m? seolf, equivalent to my +? self.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi?s?lf/
Pronoun
myself
- myself
Descendants
- English: myself
- Yola: meezil
References
- “m?-self, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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