weself

== English == === Alternative forms === weselves, we-selves, we'selves === Etymology === From Middle English we-self, weself, we selve, &c., from Old English we selfe and later separate construction as we +‎ -self. Compare Tyneside English we (“us”). === Pronunciation === (Caribbean) IPA(key): /wiˈsɛlf/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌwiˈsɛlf/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wiːˈsɛlf/ === Pronoun === weself (now chiefly Caribbean) Synonym of ourselves. 1834 September 27, Anonymous, "West Indies: Spanish Town, Aug. 2, 1834", Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. XLVII (Vol. XI, 4th Ser.), p. 58: At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night. === References === “weself, pron.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.