hisselfpron.

Brit.

/hɪzˈsɛlf/,

/hᵻˈsɛlf/, U.S.

/hɪzˈsɛlf/,

/hᵻˈsɛlf/

Forms: (Word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.)

α. Middle English his-self, Middle English his-selfe, Middle English his selfen, Middle English his selue, Middle English his-seluen, Middle English his seluin, Middle English his silfe, Middle English hys-self, Middle English hys self, Middle English hys-selfe, Middle English is-selfe, Middle English–1500s hys selfe, Middle English–1600s his selfe, Middle English–1700s 1900s– his self, Middle English–1700s 1900s– hisself, 1500s hysselfe, 1900s– hisse'f (Bahamian); English regional 1800s hizzelf (Dorset), 1800s– his-self, 1800s– hiszelf (chiefly south-western), 1800s– his-zelf (south-western), 1800s– hizself (Suffolk), 1800s– iself, 1800s– izelf, 1800s– izsaaf (Kent), 1800s– izself, 1900s– isself; U.S. regional 1800s 'isse'f, 1900s– hissef; Scottish pre-1700 hisself, pre-1700 his selff, pre-1700 1800s his self.

β. English regional 1800s es zul (Devon), 1800s his-sel' (northern), 1800s his sel' (northern), 1800s his sel (northern), 1800s izel (Lancashire), 1800s– ez-zull (Somerset), 1800s– hesel (Northumberland), 1800s– hisell (Westmorland), 1800s– hissel, 1800s– his-sel (chiefly northern), 1800s– hissell (northern and north midlands), 1800s– hizsel (northern), 1800s– issel (northern and north midlands), 1800s– izsel (Yorkshire), 1900s– heesel (Northumberland); Scottish pre-1700 his sel, pre-1700 his sell, 1800s essael, 1800s his sel', 1800s hyssel, 1800s– hissel', 1900s– eezsel, 1900s– eis-sul, 1900s– hissel, 1900s– his-sel, 1900s– hissell, 1900s– 'is-sel; Irish English (northern) 1900s– hissel.

γ. English regional 1800s 'issen (Lincolnshire), 1800s– hisseln (Yorkshire), 1800s– hissen, 1800s– his-sen, 1800s– issen, 1800s– izsen (northern and north midlands), 1900s– his sen, 1900s– hissn (Yorkshire), 1900s– hizsen (Yorkshire).

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: himself pron., his adj.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of himself pron., with substitution of his adj. for the first element, after myself pron. and thyself pron. Compare earlier himself pron. and itself pron., and compare constructions at self n. 1b. Compare ourself pron., yourself pron., theirself pron., and also notes at itself pron. and herself pron.Earlier currency (in sense 2) is perhaps implied by the following example, assuming that the scribe misunderstood nominative plural hy selfe (see 'emself pron.) in the lost Old English source as a singular:a1325 ( Writ of Edward the Confessor, Bromfield (Sawyer 1162) in P. Clemoes Anglo-Saxons (1959) 101 And ich nulle þolyen þat enyman enyþyng ouersoe nouþer Bissop ne nan oþer man boten lokewo ysself [prob. for hy selfe, i.e. the clerks of Bromfield] wolle. Compare also Old English his selfes , genitive of hē self , where the pronouns are in apposition; see B. Mitchell Old Eng. Syntax (1985) §484. (In quot. OE³ with emphatic interposition of āgenes , genitive singular of āgen own adj., in agreement with selfes ; compare later ownself pron.):OE Genesis A (1931) 1593 Ongan þa his selfes bearn wordum wyrgean.OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 363 Iulianus..awearp his geleafan and gelyfde on deofolgyld syððan he his sylfes [c1175 Bodl. 343 his seolfes] geweold.OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. i. 13 He hine þa forlet to his agnes sylfes dome [OE Otho agnum sylfdome] buton þreatunge lichamlicra [read lichamlicre] lare.lOE Laws of Wihtræd (Rochester) xv. 13 Gif þeow [in fæsten flæsc] ete his sylfes ræde, vi scillinga oþþe his hyd.

Chiefly colloquial and regional in later use.

1. In reflexive use: = himself pron. II.Not always clearly distinguishable from self pron. 1.

ΚΠ

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 70 (MED) If anny broyer or sister fallyth in pouerte, and may noght help is-selfe, he schal haue, of ilke broyer and sister, at ilk a mornspeche, a peny.

c1450 Medit. on Life of Christ (Michigan 1) 44 (MED) Mekely he clothys hys selfe as he hade bene þe lawest man in kynderyd.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 274 He callys hisself a kyng, Ther he none is.

1565 J. Larke tr. Bk. Wisdome (new ed.) lvi. f. 95 Pryde of hyghnes, as to will to put hys selfe [1532 hym selfe] alwaies afore all men.

1595 A. Golding tr. J. Hurault Politicke, Moral, & Martial Disc. ii. viii. 290 The third propertie of the nobleminded, is to do but little, and not to hazard his selfe at all times.

1653 J. Goodwin Apologist Condemned 8 The Apologizing Proposalist, hath several properties of the Bat, viz. to fly up and down in the night, or evening, and to hde his self from the light of the day.

1776 J. Lind Answer Declar. Amer. Congr. 8 The King..must assume to his self the exercise of those powers, which are now exercised by the other constituent branches of the sovereignty.

1821 Kaleidoscope 26 June 415/3 Be so good as caw on 'im, Maister Hedditur, un hax im t'explane hissell.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 328 Gorging his-self with vittles.

1869 A. C. Gibson Folk-speech Cumberland 111 Jack Slipe follow't by his-sel' a gay bit behint 'em.

1921 C. R. Cooper & L. F. Creagan in B. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1922) 114 Why should he sign hisself vice president and giniral manager.

1969 J. D. A. Widdowson & H. Halpert in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 149 A gentleman..made hisself up with burnt cork.

1972 ‘J. Bonett’ & ‘E. Bonett’ No Time to Kill x. 133 He's earned hisself a medal.

1973 Black World July 64/1 He can take care of hisself.

2000 L. Forbes Fish, Blood & Bone i. xi. 67 He got hisself some friends wit' mutual interests in de Yardies.

2009 F. Brody Dying in Wool (2012) i. 9 I do recall my surprise that a man such as Mr Braithwaite should get hisself in bother.

2. In emphatic use: = himself pron. 1, 3, 5.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1726 Noe..wroȝt his-self [Vesp. he self, Gött. himself] in þat labour.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 3408 Þat we may wiþ his-seluen [Vesp. him-self; Fairf., Trin. Cambr. him seluen] wone.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.v^v Also what domage his selfe sholde endure.

1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. G.viiii^v Euen Pilate his selfe..sayde: as for me, I am a Romane.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 40^v Matthiolus..erreth..much more hys selfe.

1653 Cloria & Narcissus 111 Although he were on horseback and his selfe on foot.

1705 N. Tate Triumph 10 Of Life no Symptom left, but what his self did yield, Fresh blazing from the Cloud and Livening all the Field.

1795 E. W. Whitaker View Prophecies Times of Gentiles 50 Commencing hostilities..in which the emperour hisself was slain.

1850 E. C. Gaskell Lizzie Leigh in Househ. Words 1 34/2 He's so good hissel, that he can't understand how any one can do wrong.

1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life i. 12 You can fix the fence so's the ole-man divil his self couldn't ball you out.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. i. 15 Colonel John Sartoris his self shot Ab for trying to steal his..riding stallion during the war.

1965 T. Capote In Cold Blood (1966) iii. 166 I talked to the deputy. Then I told the warden hisself.

2002 N. Griffiths Kelly + Victor 44 Darren Taylor bottled one of the bouncers for some soft-arsed fuckin reason known only to hisself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hisself
释义	hisselfpron. Brit. /hɪzˈsɛlf/, /hᵻˈsɛlf/, U.S. /hɪzˈsɛlf/, /hᵻˈsɛlf/ Forms: (Word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.) α. Middle English his-self, Middle English his-selfe, Middle English his selfen, Middle English his selue, Middle English his-seluen, Middle English his seluin, Middle English his silfe, Middle English hys-self, Middle English hys self, Middle English hys-selfe, Middle English is-selfe, Middle English–1500s hys selfe, Middle English–1600s his selfe, Middle English–1700s 1900s– his self, Middle English–1700s 1900s– hisself, 1500s hysselfe, 1900s– hisse'f (Bahamian); English regional 1800s hizzelf (Dorset), 1800s– his-self, 1800s– hiszelf (chiefly south-western), 1800s– his-zelf (south-western), 1800s– hizself (Suffolk), 1800s– iself, 1800s– izelf, 1800s– izsaaf (Kent), 1800s– izself, 1900s– isself; U.S. regional 1800s 'isse'f, 1900s– hissef; Scottish pre-1700 hisself, pre-1700 his selff, pre-1700 1800s his self. β. English regional 1800s es zul (Devon), 1800s his-sel' (northern), 1800s his sel' (northern), 1800s his sel (northern), 1800s izel (Lancashire), 1800s– ez-zull (Somerset), 1800s– hesel (Northumberland), 1800s– hisell (Westmorland), 1800s– hissel, 1800s– his-sel (chiefly northern), 1800s– hissell (northern and north midlands), 1800s– hizsel (northern), 1800s– issel (northern and north midlands), 1800s– izsel (Yorkshire), 1900s– heesel (Northumberland); Scottish pre-1700 his sel, pre-1700 his sell, 1800s essael, 1800s his sel', 1800s hyssel, 1800s– hissel', 1900s– eezsel, 1900s– eis-sul, 1900s– hissel, 1900s– his-sel, 1900s– hissell, 1900s– 'is-sel; Irish English (northern) 1900s– hissel. γ. English regional 1800s 'issen (Lincolnshire), 1800s– hisseln (Yorkshire), 1800s– hissen, 1800s– his-sen, 1800s– issen, 1800s– izsen (northern and north midlands), 1900s– his sen, 1900s– hissn (Yorkshire), 1900s– hizsen (Yorkshire). Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: himself pron., his adj. Etymology: Probably an alteration of himself pron., with substitution of his adj. for the first element, after myself pron. and thyself pron. Compare earlier himself pron. and itself pron., and compare constructions at self n. 1b. Compare ourself pron., yourself pron., theirself pron., and also notes at itself pron. and herself pron.Earlier currency (in sense 2) is perhaps implied by the following example, assuming that the scribe misunderstood nominative plural hy selfe (see 'emself pron.) in the lost Old English source as a singular:a1325 ( Writ of Edward the Confessor, Bromfield (Sawyer 1162) in P. Clemoes Anglo-Saxons (1959) 101 And ich nulle þolyen þat enyman enyþyng ouersoe nouþer Bissop ne nan oþer man boten lokewo ysself [prob. for hy selfe, i.e. the clerks of Bromfield] wolle. Compare also Old English his selfes , genitive of hē self , where the pronouns are in apposition; see B. Mitchell Old Eng. Syntax (1985) §484. (In quot. OE³ with emphatic interposition of āgenes , genitive singular of āgen own adj., in agreement with selfes ; compare later ownself pron.):OE Genesis A (1931) 1593 Ongan þa his selfes bearn wordum wyrgean.OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 363 Iulianus..awearp his geleafan and gelyfde on deofolgyld syððan he his sylfes [c1175 Bodl. 343 his seolfes] geweold.OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. i. 13 He hine þa forlet to his agnes sylfes dome [OE Otho agnum sylfdome] buton þreatunge lichamlicra [read lichamlicre] lare.lOE Laws of Wihtræd (Rochester) xv. 13 Gif þeow [in fæsten flæsc] ete his sylfes ræde, vi scillinga oþþe his hyd. Chiefly colloquial and regional in later use. 1. In reflexive use: = himself pron. II.Not always clearly distinguishable from self pron. 1. ΚΠ 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 70 (MED) If anny broyer or sister fallyth in pouerte, and may noght help is-selfe, he schal haue, of ilke broyer and sister, at ilk a mornspeche, a peny. c1450 Medit. on Life of Christ (Michigan 1) 44 (MED) Mekely he clothys hys selfe as he hade bene þe lawest man in kynderyd. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 274 He callys hisself a kyng, Ther he none is. 1565 J. Larke tr. Bk. Wisdome (new ed.) lvi. f. 95 Pryde of hyghnes, as to will to put hys selfe [1532 hym selfe] alwaies afore all men. 1595 A. Golding tr. J. Hurault Politicke, Moral, & Martial Disc. ii. viii. 290 The third propertie of the nobleminded, is to do but little, and not to hazard his selfe at all times. 1653 J. Goodwin Apologist Condemned 8 The Apologizing Proposalist, hath several properties of the Bat, viz. to fly up and down in the night, or evening, and to hde his self from the light of the day. 1776 J. Lind Answer Declar. Amer. Congr. 8 The King..must assume to his self the exercise of those powers, which are now exercised by the other constituent branches of the sovereignty. 1821 Kaleidoscope 26 June 415/3 Be so good as caw on 'im, Maister Hedditur, un hax im t'explane hissell. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 328 Gorging his-self with vittles. 1869 A. C. Gibson Folk-speech Cumberland 111 Jack Slipe follow't by his-sel' a gay bit behint 'em. 1921 C. R. Cooper & L. F. Creagan in B. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1922) 114 Why should he sign hisself vice president and giniral manager. 1969 J. D. A. Widdowson & H. Halpert in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 149 A gentleman..made hisself up with burnt cork. 1972 ‘J. Bonett’ & ‘E. Bonett’ No Time to Kill x. 133 He's earned hisself a medal. 1973 Black World July 64/1 He can take care of hisself. 2000 L. Forbes Fish, Blood & Bone i. xi. 67 He got hisself some friends wit' mutual interests in de Yardies. 2009 F. Brody Dying in Wool (2012) i. 9 I do recall my surprise that a man such as Mr Braithwaite should get hisself in bother. 2. In emphatic use: = himself pron. 1, 3, 5. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1726 Noe..wroȝt his-self [Vesp. he self, Gött. himself] in þat labour. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 3408 Þat we may wiþ his-seluen [Vesp. him-self; Fairf., Trin. Cambr. him seluen] wone. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.v^v Also what domage his selfe sholde endure. 1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. G.viiii^v Euen Pilate his selfe..sayde: as for me, I am a Romane. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 40^v Matthiolus..erreth..much more hys selfe. 1653 Cloria & Narcissus 111 Although he were on horseback and his selfe on foot. 1705 N. Tate Triumph 10 Of Life no Symptom left, but what his self did yield, Fresh blazing from the Cloud and Livening all the Field. 1795 E. W. Whitaker View Prophecies Times of Gentiles 50 Commencing hostilities..in which the emperour hisself was slain. 1850 E. C. Gaskell Lizzie Leigh in Househ. Words 1 34/2 He's so good hissel, that he can't understand how any one can do wrong. 1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life i. 12 You can fix the fence so's the ole-man divil his self couldn't ball you out. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. i. 15 Colonel John Sartoris his self shot Ab for trying to steal his..riding stallion during the war. 1965 T. Capote In Cold Blood (1966) iii. 166 I talked to the deputy. Then I told the warden hisself. 2002 N. Griffiths Kelly + Victor 44 Darren Taylor bottled one of the bouncers for some soft-arsed fuckin reason known only to hisself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < pron.1389
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