"self" meaning in Old English

See self in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /self/, [seɫf]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*selbaz}} Proto-Germanic *selbaz Head templates: {{head|ang|pronouns}} self Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|self}} Forms: strong [table-tags], self [masculine, nominative, singular], self [feminine, nominative, singular], self [neuter, nominative, singular], selfne [accusative, masculine, singular], selfe [accusative, feminine, singular], self [accusative, neuter, singular], selfes [genitive, masculine, singular], selfre [feminine, genitive, singular], selfes [genitive, neuter, singular], selfum [dative, masculine, singular], selfre [dative, feminine, singular], selfum [dative, neuter, singular], selfe [instrumental, masculine, singular], selfre [feminine, instrumental, singular], selfe [instrumental, neuter, singular], selfe [masculine, nominative, plural], selfa [feminine, nominative, plural], selfe [feminine, nominative, plural], self [neuter, nominative, plural], selfe [accusative, masculine, plural], selfa [accusative, feminine, plural], selfe [accusative, feminine, plural], self [accusative, neuter, plural], selfra [genitive, masculine, plural], selfra [feminine, genitive, plural], selfra [genitive, neuter, plural], selfum [dative, masculine, plural], selfum [dative, feminine, plural], selfum [dative, neuter, plural], selfum [instrumental, masculine, plural], selfum [feminine, instrumental, plural], selfum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], selfa [masculine, nominative, singular], selfe [feminine, nominative, singular], selfe [neuter, nominative, singular], selfan [accusative, masculine, singular], selfan [accusative, feminine, singular], selfe [accusative, neuter, singular], selfan [genitive, masculine, singular], selfan [feminine, genitive, singular], selfan [genitive, neuter, singular], selfan [dative, masculine, singular], selfan [dative, feminine, singular], selfan [dative, neuter, singular], selfan [instrumental, masculine, singular], selfan [feminine, instrumental, singular], selfan [instrumental, neuter, singular], selfan [masculine, nominative, plural], selfan [feminine, nominative, plural], selfan [neuter, nominative, plural], selfan [accusative, masculine, plural], selfan [accusative, feminine, plural], selfan [accusative, neuter, plural], selfra [genitive, masculine, plural], selfena [genitive, masculine, plural], selfra [feminine, genitive, plural], selfena [feminine, genitive, plural], selfra [genitive, neuter, plural], selfena [genitive, neuter, plural], selfum [dative, masculine, plural], selfum [dative, feminine, plural], selfum [dative, neuter, plural], selfum [instrumental, masculine, plural], selfum [feminine, instrumental, plural], selfum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. self; oneself, personally Synonyms: seolf, sylf Derived forms: selflīċ

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "self",
            "3": "silf",
            "4": "sulf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: self, silf, sulf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: self, silf, sulf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "self"
          },
          "expansion": "English: self",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: self"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "self"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: self",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: self"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*selbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *selbaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "self",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "self"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "selflīċ"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The man could barely get up or walk by himself.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nSē wer meahte unēaðe þurh hine selfne ārīsan oþþe gān.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know who built the city of Rome because I saw it myself, but because somebody told me.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies\nNāt iċ nā þȳ hwā Rōme burg timbrede þe iċ hit self ġesāwe, ac for þȳ þe hit man mē sæġde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "self; oneself, personally"
      ],
      "id": "en-self-ang-pron-tj8FG9PF",
      "links": [
        [
          "self",
          "self#English"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "personally",
          "personally"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "seolf"
        },
        {
          "word": "sylf"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/self/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[seɫf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "self"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "selflīċ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "self",
            "3": "silf",
            "4": "sulf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: self, silf, sulf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: self, silf, sulf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "self"
          },
          "expansion": "English: self",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: self"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "self"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: self",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: self"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*selbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *selbaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self",
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      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "selfan",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
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      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "selfan",
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    {
      "form": "selfan",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "selfan",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "self",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "self"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English pronouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The man could barely get up or walk by himself.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nSē wer meahte unēaðe þurh hine selfne ārīsan oþþe gān.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know who built the city of Rome because I saw it myself, but because somebody told me.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies\nNāt iċ nā þȳ hwā Rōme burg timbrede þe iċ hit self ġesāwe, ac for þȳ þe hit man mē sæġde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "self; oneself, personally"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self",
          "self#English"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "personally",
          "personally"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/self/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[seɫf]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seolf"
    },
    {
      "word": "sylf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "self"
}

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