Middle English Dictionary Entry
hẹ̄-self pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | hẹ̄-self pron. |
| Etymology | From hẹ̄ pron.(1) & self. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) As emphatic subject of a verb: he himself; -- also used when verb is omitted; (b) as pleonastic subject: himself.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)20/11 : He byd hæl, & he sylfwundraþ & weneþ þæt hit sy oþer læcedom þat he drince.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)46/16 : Dauid þe kyning æfter ðare..synnæ feste..swa he sylf cwæð: 'Ic ȝeeadmette on festene mine sawlæ.'
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)38/30 : Ðu þe styran scealt, þæt he seolf beo irihtlæht.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)14/12 : On þam seofeðen dæȝe he bicom to þare ceastre þe he seolf on iboren wæs.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)24/34 : He..wende þa himsylf ðerto..& he sylf ðerto feng.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)117 : Ȝif þe biscop bið ȝemeles..þenne losiað fele saulen, and he seolf forð mid for his ȝemeleste.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)229 : Ne michti hi alle hin acwelle, ȝef he sylf nold.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14201 : Hengest..æfter his wiue sende sonde..& he seolf [Otho: him seolf] wende ȝeond þis lond.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18464 : Þe king heom lette binden..& he seolf draf him forð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)23724 : Ich wat þat Frolle wið me wulle fihte..alse he seolf [Otho: him seolf] demde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6244 : He-self to dai for yow sal fight.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7999 : Þe stedd wat naman bot he seluen [Frf: him-self], Vr drightin þat him þar can deluen.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20405 : Sorȝe he scal ibiden, he seolf and his ferde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9832 : Þan godd he-self [Göt: himselue] to man bicom.