thysel

Scots

Alternative forms

• deesel

Etymology

From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes selfes, equivalent to thy +‎ sel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈðɑeˌsɛl/
• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /ˈðiˌsɛl/
• (Shetland) IPA^(key): /ˈdiˌsɛl/

Determiner

thysel

1. (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thyself, yourself (reflexive form of thou)

Usage notes

• Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney.

References

• “thy, poss. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.