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单词 theirself
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theirselfpron.

Brit. /ðɛːˈsɛlf/, U.S. /ˌðɛrˈsɛlf/
Forms:

α. Middle English þaire self, Middle English þaire selue, Middle English þaire-seluen, Middle English þaire seluyn, Middle English þairself, Middle English þair-self, Middle English þair-selven, Middle English þer selfe, Middle English there selff, Middle English ther self, Middle English ther selfe, Middle English theyrself, Middle English theyr self, 1500s their selfe, 1500s theyr selfe, 1800s– theirself; U.S. regional 1800s– theirself, 1900s– theirselve, 2000s– their self; English regional 1900s– 'eirself (Oxfordshire), 1900s– therself (Hertfordshire); Scottish pre-1700 thairself, pre-1700 thair self, pre-1700 thairselff, pre-1700 thair selff, pre-1700 thair seluyn, pre-1700 thare-self, pre-1700 thare self, pre-1700 thar self, pre-1700 thar selff, pre-1700 their self, pre-1700 their selfe.

β. English regional 1700s 1900s– theirsel, 1700s– thersel, 1800s– theirsel' (Lancashire), 1800s– theirzel (Somerset), 1800s– theirzul (Somerset), 1800s– thersel' (Lancashire), 1800s– thersell (north-western), 1800s– therzul (Somerset), 1900s– theirsell (Lancashire); Scottish pre-1700 thair sell, pre-1700 thayr sell, pre-1700 thirsell, 1800s thairsel, 1800s thair-sel, 1800s their sel', 1800s theirsell, 1800s thirsel, 1800s thirsel', 1800s– theirsel', 1800s– theirsel, 1900s– thairsell, 1900s– thersel; Irish English 1900s– theirsel (northern).

γ. English regional 1800s theerseln (Lancashire), 1800s theirsel'n (Yorkshire), 1800s thessen (Lincolnshire), 1800s– theirseln (Yorkshire), 1800s– therseln (Yorkshire), 1800s– thersen, 1900s– theirsen (north midlands and northern), 1900s– their-sen (Buckinghamshire).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: their adj., self pron.
Etymology: < their adj. + self pron., probably after myself pron. and thyself pron. Compare earlier themself pron., and compare constructions at self n. 1b. Compare ourself pron., yourself pron., hisself pron., and also notes at itself pron. and herself pron.
Now nonstandard and regional.
I. Emphatic uses.
1. = themselves pron. I.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 3708 Alle þa atte blessis þe. sal þaire-seluen [Vesp. þam-self, Gött. þaim seluen] blessed be.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5378 To ches þam ware þair-self will neuen.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6968 Ilka kinrede of þa twelue. had an ouer-man be þaire [Vesp. ham, Gött. þaim, Trin. Cambr. hem] selue.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 410 He hard tell of thar gret grewance, Thar selff was caus of this myschefull chance.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 62 Quhen thar baggis ar full thar self ar bar.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 48 They may hit a nother I trow & neuer take blow theyr selfe.
1625 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I. 347 Thair claithes..all to be maid be thair selff in jupe fassoun.
1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 61 I kna mony et el corse their Fadder an Mudder, an bid em dea it thersel.
1840 I. Steward Interdict I. x. 177 ‘Child,’ exclaimed Helen, ‘how wicked to desert your parents!’ ‘'Tis theirself is the deserter,’ said Phil sullenly.
1879 E. Waugh Chimney Corner 41 It's rare gam, too [snowballing]—as lung as a body doesn't get hit theirsel'.
1905 in T. Larsen Some Undergraduate Poems 62 An' it maun be the truth I tell, They maist admit it's sae theirsel'.
2004 J. Law Recorded Interview (SCOTS transcript) in www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Interview 5 It would be regarded as an extraordinary proposition in onie other country..that fowk should be settin oot tae teach a language that they cudnae even speak theirsel.
II. Reflexive uses.
2.
a. = themselves pron. 5.
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a1400 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Harl. 1022) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 5 Þei hald þer self swa glorius.
?1490 Rule St. Benet (Caxton) 129 Nor it is leefull ony to haue a thyng to theyrself propre.
1534 G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. f. xxviii Thei wolde chalenge and adscrybe to their selfe this pryuilege and honour aboue cryste and his apostles.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. viii. f. xxiv To defend thair self..aganis fyre, watter, swerd,..with certene takinnis or writingis supersticiously.
a1763 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (1773) I. 162 One mun love their Naibor, as theirsel.
1839 Cumbld. & Westmld. Dial. 72 A body knaas better haw tae carry thersel when they er amang gentlefowk: yan leaks nit quite sae gawmin.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. vii. 173 Them they concerned can look after theirsel'n.
1855 B. R. Hall New Purchase (ed. 2) ix. 52 Well! I allow the stranger and his woman-body thinks theirself mighty big-bugs.
1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) xxxvi. 58 The kids was running all over the place, and hollering so loud the grown folks couldn't hardly hear theirself think.
1979 N. Mailer Executioner's Song i. xxvii. 422 All they want to do is leave theirself a case for appeal.
2003 Grand Forks (N. Dakota) Herald (Nexis) 27 Nov. c1 Mom or Dad should peel potatoes so the kids won't hurt theirself.
b. = themselves pron. 6.
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1819 V. Knox's Ess. III. No. 157 in J. Ferguson Brit. Essayists XLIII. 187 Who would voluntarily confine theirself [1783 V. Knox Ess. Moral & Lit. II. (new ed.) himself; 1803 (ed. 15) themselves] to the weakness and insipidity of water-gruel?
1902 Metaphysical Mag. Oct.–Dec. 140 A person that thinks only o' theirself makes me think of a man that cleans his specs with sandpaper.
1973 J. Hansen Death Claims (1974) ix. 49 Everybody helps theirself at the dispensary.
1991 J. Barth Last Voy. Somebody the Sailor 242 A person could meet theirself coming the other way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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