thysel
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Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc., equivalent to thy + sel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
thysel
Usage notes[edit]
- Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney.
References[edit]
- “thy, poss. pron.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.