Myself vs. Thyself

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  • Myself (pronoun)

    Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. from 9th c.

    “I taught myself.”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. from 10th c.

  • Myself (pronoun)

    In my normal state of body or mind.

  • Myself (pronoun)

    Me (as the object of a verb or preposition). from 10th c.

    “I feel like myself.”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    I (as the subject of a verb). from 14th c.

  • Myself (pronoun)

    my name is…

    “Myself John.”

  • Thyself (pronoun)

    yourself as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier; reflexive case of thou

    “Thou hast only thyself to blame.”

    “Thou thyself art to blame.”

Wiktionary
  • Myself (pronoun)

    used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition when he or she is the subject of the clause

    “I strolled around, muttering to myself”

    “I hurt myself by accident”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    I or me personally (used to emphasize the speaker)

    “I myself am unsure how this problem should be handled”

    “I wrote it myself”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself; I

    “myself presented to him a bronze sword”

Oxford Dictionary

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