"thyself" meaning in All languages combined

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Pronoun [English]

IPA: /ðaɪˈsɛlf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thyself.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: ''th''ī-sĕlf' Rhymes: -ɛlf Etymology: From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc., equivalent to thy + -self. Compare Middle English thou-self, Old English þē sylfum, þē selfum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thy-selfe}} Middle English thy-selfe, {{m|enm|thiself}} thiself, {{m|enm|thi-zelf}} thi-zelf, {{der|en|ang|þīnes silfes}} Old English þīnes silfes, {{m|ang|þīnre sylfre}} þīnre sylfre, {{suffix|en|thy|self}} thy + -self, {{cog|enm|thou-self}} Middle English thou-self, {{cog|ang|þē sylfum}} Old English þē sylfum, {{m|ang|þē selfum}} þē selfum Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|cat2=second person pronouns}} thyself
  1. (archaic, literary, dialectal) yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou Tags: archaic, dialectal, literary Synonyms: theeself, thineself, thysen, Thyself [honorific] Derived forms: know thyself
    Sense id: en-thyself-en-pron-ssjACW91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English grammar appendices, English pronouns, English second person pronouns, English terms suffixed with -self Related terms: Ime [colloquial], me, myselfmemysen, mine, mymineme [archaic, before-vowel], we, us, ourselvesourselfoursen, ours, our, you, yourselfyoursen, yoursyourn [dialectal, obsolete], your, thou, thee, thyselftheeselfthysen, thine, thythine [before-vowel], youye [archaic], yourselves, you ally'all you guys, y'allselves, y'all's you guys' your guys' [proscribed], y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' [nonstandard, proscribed], he, him, himselfhisselfhissen [archaic], hishisn [dialectal, obsolete], his, she, her, herselfhersen, hershern [dialectal, obsolete], ithit, itselfhitself, itshis [archaic], itshishits [archaic], they, them, themself, themselves, theirs, their, one, oneself, , one's, themhem, 'em, themselvestheirsen, theirstheirn [dialectal, obsolete]

Pronoun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈθiːsɛlf/
Etymology: from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc., equivalent to thy + self. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|þīnes silfes}} Old English þīnes silfes, {{m|ang|þīnre sylfre}} þīnre sylfre, {{compound|enm|thy|self}} thy + self Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|head=}} thyself, {{enm-pron}} thyself
  1. yourself Synonyms: thiself
    Sense id: en-thyself-enm-pron-0A2CW7pr Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English pronouns

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "thysen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "Thyself"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thyself"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "thyself"
          },
          "expansion": "English: thyself",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: thyself"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "theezil"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: theezil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: theezil"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "þīnes silfes"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þīnes silfes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þīnre sylfre"
      },
      "expansion": "þīnre sylfre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "thy",
        "3": "self"
      },
      "expansion": "thy + self",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc., equivalent to thy + self.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "thyself",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "thyself",
      "name": "enm-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English compound terms",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English pronouns",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yourself"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yourself",
          "yourself"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθiːsɛlf/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "thiself"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thyself"
}

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