thysel

Scots

Alternative forms

deesel

Etymology

From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc., 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.

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