thyself

pron — 2 senses

thyself

pronalso spelled Thyself

/ðaɪˈsɛlf/

Etymology From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, equivalent to thy + -self. Compare Middle English thou-self.

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Archaic, Dialectal, Literary 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.
1 more example
  • Physician, heal thyself.
Synonyms
theeself, thineself, thysen
Derived terms
know thyself
Related terms
55 termsIme, 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.

Thyself

pron
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Honorific Honorific alternative letter-case form of thyself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

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