thysel

== Scots == === Alternative forms === deesel === Etymology === From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes selfes, equivalent to thy +‎ sel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈðɑeˌsɛl/ (Orkney) IPA(key): /ˈðiˌsɛl/ (Shetland) IPA(key): /ˈdiˌsɛl/ === Determiner === thysel (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thyself, yourself (reflexive form of thou) ==== Usage notes ==== Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney. ==== References ==== “thy, poss. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.