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thyself

pronoun, reflexive form, one person

«thyself» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

You, as the one doing the action or receiving it. tree →

Then and now

No longer used; today we say yourself.

Examples

As yet exaltest thou thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go? (Torah EXO.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
Make thyself as free as anyone else. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. (Torah LEV.18.20, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: yourself.

On Mova

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