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Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc., equivalent to thy + sel.
Pronunciation
Determiner
thysel
- (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thyself, yourself (reflexive form of thou)
Usage notes
- Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney.
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