"thyself" meaning in English

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Pronoun

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]

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