usself

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English. Equivalent to us +‎ -self.

Pronoun

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

  1. (obsolete or dialect) ourselves

References

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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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.’
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)