usself

English

Etymology

From Middle English. Equivalent to us +‎ -self.

Pronoun

usself (first-person plural pronoun, reflexive case of we)

1. (obsolete or dialect) ourselves

References

• “usself”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• us-selve

Pronoun

usself

1. ourselves
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 19, line 349:

     And therfore seith Seint Iohn the Evaungelist: ‘if that we seyn that we beth with-oute sinne, we deceyve us-selve, and trouthe is nat in us.’

     And therefore says Saint John the Evangelist: ‘If we say that we are without sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us.’

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