English Explanatory Dictionary

thyself

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of thyself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

thī-sĕlf' /ðaɪˈsɛlf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thyself.wav

Word forms

thyself

Etymology

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

Synonyms

theeself thineself thysen

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.

Derived words

know thyself
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