myself

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   Used as the object of a verb or preposition when the speaker is also the subject.

   I taught myself to play the guitar.

2. 2
   pron

   Used to emphasise that I personally did or experienced something.

   I myself have witnessed the event.

3. 3
   pron

   In my normal, healthy state of body or mind.

   After a good night's sleep, I felt like myself again.

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”).

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