Thyself
/ðaɪˈsɛlf/noun
An archaic or dialectal form meaning “yourself,” used in reflexive and emphatic contexts.
Did you know?“Thyself” is built from Old English **þē self**, and **self** goes back to a Proto-Germanic word meaning “one’s own person,” not a mystical split soul.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sēlbaz / *selbaz
“one’s own, self; the same person”
Old English
OE
þē self
“yourself; the same person”
Middle English
ME
thy self
“yourself, with thy as the possessive pronoun”
Early Modern English
English
thy self
“yourself; emphatic or reflexive form”
Modern English
English
thyself
“archaic/dialectal yourself”