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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Thyself/theeself

Hello, is there a difference between thyself and theeself? (personal pronoun, reflexive)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_personal_pronouns

  

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Difference: theeself is not a word in English. thyself is. CJ I was unable to see the link at the time of posting, but now that I see it, I'm surprised that 'theeself' is listed.

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Difference: theeself is not a word in English. thyself is.

CJ

I was unable to see the link at the time of posting, but now that I see it, I'm surprised that 'theeself' is listed.

I found references in Wordnik to two novels in which 'theeself' is used:

Framley Parsonage (1860) Anthony Trollope (British)
Nick of the Woods (1837) Robert Mon