thyself

See also: Thyself

English

Alternative forms

• Thyself (honorific)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: thī-sĕlf', IPA^(key): /ðaɪˈsɛlf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlf
• Hyphenation: thy‧self

Pronoun

thyself

1. (archaic, literary, dialectal) yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou

   Thou hast only thyself to blame.

   Thou thyself art to blame.

   Physician, heal thyself.

Synonyms

• theeself
• thineself
• thysen

Derived terms

• know thyself

See also

English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics. personal pronoun possessive pronoun possessive determiner subjective objective reflexive first person singular I me (colloquial) me myself me mysen mine my mine (before vowels, archaic) me plural we us ourselves ourself oursen ours ourn (obsolete outside dialects) our second person singular standard (historically formal) you you yourself yoursen yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) your archaic (historically informal) thou thee thyself theeself thysen thine thy thine (before vowels) plural standard you ye (archaic) you yourselves yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) your colloquial you all y'all you guys yous you all y'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) third person singular masculine he him himself hisself (archaic) hissen his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) his feminine she her herself hersen hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) her neuter it hit it hit itself hitself its his (archaic) its his (archaic) hits genderless1 they them themself, themselves theirs their nonspecific (formal) one one oneself – one's plural they them hem, 'em themselves theirsen theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) their 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronouns.

Anagrams

• Flythes

Middle English

Alternative forms

• thiself

Etymology

from Old English þīnes selfes., equivalent to thy +‎ self.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiːsɛlf/

Pronoun

thyself

1. yourself

Descendants

• English: thyself
• Yola: theezil

References

• “thī-self, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.