myself

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

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

   I taught myself.

2. 2
   pron

   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.

   I myself have witnessed the event.

3. 3
   pron

   In my normal state of body or mind.

   I feel like myself.

4. 4
   pron

   Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.

   Give the ball to John or myself.

5. 5
   pron

   I (as the subject of a verb).

   My wife and myself want to go on vacation.

6. 6
   pron

   my name is...

   Myself John.

7. 7
   pron

   Alternative letter-case form of myself used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Etymology

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).