Middle English Dictionary Entry
thǒu-self pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | thǒu-self pron. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. the-self pron., thi-self pron.
1.
Emphatic sg. second person pron. used independently as subj. of a clause: thou thyself, you yourself, you.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)54/11 : Geswutele me, gyf þu sylf [OE ðu sylf] wylle nyðer astigen to helwaren for manna alesednysse.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1594 : Iseid ich habbe þene grund, & þu seolf [Otho: þou þi-seolf] wurð al hisund.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4899 : Bi-þenc þu a þine quides þe þu self quiddest wið Claudien minne fader.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)497 : Þu sulf art þar among, For of golnesse is al þi song.