English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From nain (from reanalysis of an own, mine own etc. as a nain, my nain) + sell, alternative form of self.
nainsell
- (Scotland, obsolete) self
1902, William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of Raasay[1]:"Gin ye hae your appetite wi' you we'll eat, Mr. Montagu, for I'm a wee thingie hungry my nainsell (myself).
1806, Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3)[2]:Forsooth her nainsell lives by thift.
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