theirselvespron.

Brit.

/ðɛːˈsɛlvz/, U.S.

/ˌðɛrˈsɛlvz/

Forms:

α. 1500s their selfes, 1500s theyrselues, 1500s–1600s their selues, 1500s–1800s their selves, 1700s– theirselves, 1800s their-selves, 1800s– theirselfs (regional and nonstandard); English regional 1800s tharsilves (Cornwall), 1800s– thaayrzelves (Berkshire), 1800s– tharselves (Shropshire), 1800s– theerselves, 1800s– therselves (Wiltshire), 1800s– therzelves (Berkshire), 1800s– thurzelves (Gloucestershire), 1900s– theirzulves (Devon); U.S. regional 1800s tharsefs, 1800s– therselves, 2000s– their selfs; Scottish pre-1700 thair selffes, pre-1700 thairselffis, pre-1700 thair selffis, pre-1700 thairselfis, pre-1700 thair selfis, pre-1700 thair sellffis, pre-1700 thair sellfis, pre-1700 thair seluis, pre-1700 thair selves, pre-1700 thairselvis, pre-1700 thair selvis, pre-1700 thareselfis, pre-1700 thare-selfis, pre-1700 thare selfis, pre-1700 their selfis, pre-1700 there selfs, pre-1700 ther selffis, pre-1700 ther selfs, 1700s– theirselves.

β. English regional 1700s their sells (Westmorland), 1700s– theirsells (north-western), 1800s their selles (Yorkshire), 1800s thirsells (Northumberland), 1800s thirsels (northern), 1800s– theirsels, 1800s– theirsel's (northern), 1800s– theirzels (Somerset), 1800s– theirzuls (Somerset), 1800s– thersells (chiefly north-western), 1800s– thersels (northern), 1800s– therzuls (Somerset), 1800s– thorsels (Yorkshire and Northumberland), 1800s– thursels (Worcestershire and Northumberland); Scottish pre-1700 þair sellis, pre-1700 thair sellis, 1800s thair-sels, 1800s theirsells', 1800s– theirsells, 1800s– theirsels, 1800s– theirsel's, 1800s– thersels, 1800s– thirsel's, 1900s– dersels (Orkney), 1900s– thairsells, 1900s– thairsels, 1900s– their-sels, 1900s– theresels, 1900s– thersel's, 1900s– thirsels, 1900s– thursells, 2000s– thursels; Irish English (northern) 1800s– theirsels, 1900s– thirsels, 1900s– thirsel's.

γ. English regional 1800s– theersens, 1800s– theirsens (northern and north midlands), 1800s– thersens (Yorkshire and Lancashire), 1900s– ther-sens (Yorkshire), 1900s– thessens (Yorkshire), 1900s– thirsens (Lincolnshire).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: theirself pron., -s.

Etymology: < theirself pron. + plural ending -s. Compare earlier themselves pron. and discussion at that entry, and compare also ourselves pron., yourselves pron.Writers on grammar and usage from the 1760s onwards frequently censure the use of theirselves, although some recognize that it quite commonly occurs in literary English up to that period.

nonstandard and regional after the 18th cent.

I. Reflexive uses.

1. = themselves pron. II.

ΚΠ

1520 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) III. 65 Neuir ane of thame sal heir scayth..to vderis..bot thai sal raveil to vderis be thair selfis or be vder mediat personis.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. 473 They had gret desyre to prove their selfes.

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxx. 20 Till thay mischeif þair sellis.

1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 47 To commend their skill to the publique, by giving some good experiments on their selves.

1697 W. Pope Life Bp. Ward xi. 72 Those poor People who could get their selves listed in this Troop, counted their selves sufficiently provided for.

a1742 S. Weston Sermons (1747) I. iv. 104 There is the Excuse taken away, which they were apt enough to frame for theirselves.

1772 A. Dawson Fourth & Fifth Chapter Genesis Pref. p. ix The several Letters of which they are composed present theirselves to the mind.

1816 Repository of Arts Dec. 342/1 'Em do say, they wanted the young man for their selves.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. iii. 38 Roastin' their feet makes 'em struggle to hextricate theirselves.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xix. 223 Her two sisters had to taigle home by theirselves.

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 241 Arf the street prayed; an the tother arf larfed fit to split theirselves.

1965 C. Brown Manchild in Promised Land xiii. 314 Them damn junkies take care of theirselves twice as good as you can.

1981 B. Holton tr. S. Nai'an Men o the Mossflow in Cencrastus No. 7. 3/2 The leiges are that trampit in the glaur wi't that, be it nicht or be it day, they canna weill fend for theirsels.

2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 107 You can see the better-looking Heswall Prep mams falling over theirselves to talk to that Steve Lancaster.

II. Emphatic uses.

2. = themselves pron. I.

ΚΠ

1526 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Menteith (1880) II. 331 Swa that thai be of na gretter degre..na thareselfis.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. a iiij Thogh they partly knowe them their selves and are stablysshed in the present trueth.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 36 Liking it well their selues.

1603 R. Rogers Seuen Treat. ii. x. 133 Neither teach them their selues, nor bring them where they may be taught.

1655 J. Reading Anabaptism Routed ii. x. 119 Neither did the Apostles their selves presently understand all these things necessary to salvation which Christ taugh [sic] them.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xxii They aver, that they theirselves have been no less scandalized than I my self.

1795 E. W. Whitaker View Prophecies Times of Gentiles 96 Such coincidences in prophecy of which the holy pen-men theirselves do not seem aware.

a1823 A. Radcliffe Gaston de Blondeville (1826) II. 347 Not so much for that they could not see every thing there..but that they could not their-selves be seen.

1896 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 352 She and the maister didn't theirselves know ‘B from a bull's fut’, as the sayin' is.

1922 H. L. Burnette Sons of Elohim xv. 114 They holler about t'other feller so's no one won't be seein' what they be theirselves.

1984 C. Kightly Country Voices iii. 83 They used to kitch the rabbits theirselves.

2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 15 Fuck knows why the Manc boys never got on it theirselves.

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

单词	theirselves
释义	theirselvespron. Brit. /ðɛːˈsɛlvz/, U.S. /ˌðɛrˈsɛlvz/ Forms: α. 1500s their selfes, 1500s theyrselues, 1500s–1600s their selues, 1500s–1800s their selves, 1700s– theirselves, 1800s their-selves, 1800s– theirselfs (regional and nonstandard); English regional 1800s tharsilves (Cornwall), 1800s– thaayrzelves (Berkshire), 1800s– tharselves (Shropshire), 1800s– theerselves, 1800s– therselves (Wiltshire), 1800s– therzelves (Berkshire), 1800s– thurzelves (Gloucestershire), 1900s– theirzulves (Devon); U.S. regional 1800s tharsefs, 1800s– therselves, 2000s– their selfs; Scottish pre-1700 thair selffes, pre-1700 thairselffis, pre-1700 thair selffis, pre-1700 thairselfis, pre-1700 thair selfis, pre-1700 thair sellffis, pre-1700 thair sellfis, pre-1700 thair seluis, pre-1700 thair selves, pre-1700 thairselvis, pre-1700 thair selvis, pre-1700 thareselfis, pre-1700 thare-selfis, pre-1700 thare selfis, pre-1700 their selfis, pre-1700 there selfs, pre-1700 ther selffis, pre-1700 ther selfs, 1700s– theirselves. β. English regional 1700s their sells (Westmorland), 1700s– theirsells (north-western), 1800s their selles (Yorkshire), 1800s thirsells (Northumberland), 1800s thirsels (northern), 1800s– theirsels, 1800s– theirsel's (northern), 1800s– theirzels (Somerset), 1800s– theirzuls (Somerset), 1800s– thersells (chiefly north-western), 1800s– thersels (northern), 1800s– therzuls (Somerset), 1800s– thorsels (Yorkshire and Northumberland), 1800s– thursels (Worcestershire and Northumberland); Scottish pre-1700 þair sellis, pre-1700 thair sellis, 1800s thair-sels, 1800s theirsells', 1800s– theirsells, 1800s– theirsels, 1800s– theirsel's, 1800s– thersels, 1800s– thirsel's, 1900s– dersels (Orkney), 1900s– thairsells, 1900s– thairsels, 1900s– their-sels, 1900s– theresels, 1900s– thersel's, 1900s– thirsels, 1900s– thursells, 2000s– thursels; Irish English (northern) 1800s– theirsels, 1900s– thirsels, 1900s– thirsel's. γ. English regional 1800s– theersens, 1800s– theirsens (northern and north midlands), 1800s– thersens (Yorkshire and Lancashire), 1900s– ther-sens (Yorkshire), 1900s– thessens (Yorkshire), 1900s– thirsens (Lincolnshire). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: theirself pron., -s. Etymology: < theirself pron. + plural ending -s. Compare earlier themselves pron. and discussion at that entry, and compare also ourselves pron., yourselves pron.Writers on grammar and usage from the 1760s onwards frequently censure the use of theirselves, although some recognize that it quite commonly occurs in literary English up to that period. nonstandard and regional after the 18th cent. I. Reflexive uses. 1. = themselves pron. II. ΚΠ 1520 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) III. 65 Neuir ane of thame sal heir scayth..to vderis..bot thai sal raveil to vderis be thair selfis or be vder mediat personis. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. 473 They had gret desyre to prove their selfes. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxx. 20 Till thay mischeif þair sellis. 1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 47 To commend their skill to the publique, by giving some good experiments on their selves. 1697 W. Pope Life Bp. Ward xi. 72 Those poor People who could get their selves listed in this Troop, counted their selves sufficiently provided for. a1742 S. Weston Sermons (1747) I. iv. 104 There is the Excuse taken away, which they were apt enough to frame for theirselves. 1772 A. Dawson Fourth & Fifth Chapter Genesis Pref. p. ix The several Letters of which they are composed present theirselves to the mind. 1816 Repository of Arts Dec. 342/1 'Em do say, they wanted the young man for their selves. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. iii. 38 Roastin' their feet makes 'em struggle to hextricate theirselves. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xix. 223 Her two sisters had to taigle home by theirselves. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 241 Arf the street prayed; an the tother arf larfed fit to split theirselves. 1965 C. Brown Manchild in Promised Land xiii. 314 Them damn junkies take care of theirselves twice as good as you can. 1981 B. Holton tr. S. Nai'an Men o the Mossflow in Cencrastus No. 7. 3/2 The leiges are that trampit in the glaur wi't that, be it nicht or be it day, they canna weill fend for theirsels. 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 107 You can see the better-looking Heswall Prep mams falling over theirselves to talk to that Steve Lancaster. II. Emphatic uses. 2. = themselves pron. I. ΚΠ 1526 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Menteith (1880) II. 331 Swa that thai be of na gretter degre..na thareselfis. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. a iiij Thogh they partly knowe them their selves and are stablysshed in the present trueth. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 36 Liking it well their selues. 1603 R. Rogers Seuen Treat. ii. x. 133 Neither teach them their selues, nor bring them where they may be taught. 1655 J. Reading Anabaptism Routed ii. x. 119 Neither did the Apostles their selves presently understand all these things necessary to salvation which Christ taugh [sic] them. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xxii They aver, that they theirselves have been no less scandalized than I my self. 1795 E. W. Whitaker View Prophecies Times of Gentiles 96 Such coincidences in prophecy of which the holy pen-men theirselves do not seem aware. a1823 A. Radcliffe Gaston de Blondeville (1826) II. 347 Not so much for that they could not see every thing there..but that they could not their-selves be seen. 1896 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 352 She and the maister didn't theirselves know ‘B from a bull's fut’, as the sayin' is. 1922 H. L. Burnette Sons of Elohim xv. 114 They holler about t'other feller so's no one won't be seein' what they be theirselves. 1984 C. Kightly Country Voices iii. 83 They used to kitch the rabbits theirselves. 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 15 Fuck knows why the Manc boys never got on it theirselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < pron.1520
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