thyself

thyself
/dhuy self"/, pron.
1. an emphatic appositive to thou or thee.
2. a substitute for reflexive thee.
[bef. 900; ME thi self (see THY, SELF (n.)); r. OE the self (see THEE, SELF (adj.))]

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