# thyself
## English
### Alternative forms

* Thyself (honorific)

### Etymology

From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes selfes, equivalent to thy +‎ -self. Compare Middle English thou-self.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: thī-sĕlf', IPA: /ðaɪˈsɛlf/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlf
* Hyphenation: thy‧self

### Pronoun

thyself
* (archaic, literary, dialectal) 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.
    Physician, heal thyself.

#### Synonyms

* theeself
* thineself
* thysen

#### Derived terms

* know thyself

#### See also

| | | | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| | | | subjective | objective | reflexive | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| first person | singular | singular | I me (colloquial) | me | myself me mysen | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) me |
| first person | plural | plural | we | us | ourselves ourself oursen | ours | our |
| second person | singular | standard, formal | you | you | yourself yoursen | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | singular | archaic, informal | thou | thee | thyself theeself thysen | thine | thy thine (before vowels) |
| second person | plural | standard | you ye (archaic) | you | yourselves | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | plural | colloquial | you all y'all you guys | you all y'all you guys | y'allselves | y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed) | y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed) |
| second person | plural | informal / dialectal | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) |
| third person | singular | masculine | he | him | himself hisself (archaic) hissen | his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) | his |
| third person | singular | feminine | she | her | herself hersen | hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) | her |
| third person | singular | neuter | it hit | it hit | itself hitself | its his (archaic) | its his (archaic) hits |
| third person | singular | genderless | they | them | themself, themselves | theirs | their |
| third person | singular | genderless, nonspecific (formal) | one | one | oneself | – | one's |
| third person | plural | plural | they | them hem, 'em | themselves theirsen | theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) | their |

### Anagrams

* Flythes

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* thiself

### Etymology

from Old English þīnes selfes., equivalent to thy +‎ self.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθiːsɛlf/

### Pronoun

thyself
* yourself

#### Descendants

* English: thyself
* Yola: theezil

#### References

* “thī-self, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.