self

self
1. pron (str and wk) self; own; mid him \selfum by himself; 2. adj same; 3. see sealf
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pron A. self, very, own; 1. with a noun; (α) which immediately follows; se þéoden self scéop the Lord himself made; (β) which it follows, but not immediately; Nergend cóm nihtes self the Savior came nights himself; (γ) along with a personal pronoun in the dative; Pilatus on his dómerne him self áwrát; (δ) which it immediately precedes; hit is se selfa sunu Waldendes is the the very son of God; se selfa cyning líesde híe of firenum the selfsame king freed them from sin; (ε) which it precedes, but not immediately; 2. with a pronoun, (1) in agreement with a personal pronoun denoting the subject of the sentence and (α) following it immediately; ic self hit eom I myself am it; ic swerie þurh mec selfne I swear by my self; (α1) with irregular construction; þéah þe híe sind of miclum dǽle heora selfes andwealdes; (β) following the pronoun, but not immediately; hwæt hé mé self bebéad what he himself bade me; (γ) along with a pronoun in the dative; þu meaht nú þé self geséon; (δ) preceding the pronoun; þǽr sind dǽlas on selfre hire there are parts on herself; (2) in agreement with a demonstrative; þurh þæs selfes hand; (3) with a possessive; þínre selfre sunu; mínes selfes múþ my mouth; 2a. where the pronoun with which self agrees is not the subject of the sentence; Neoptolomus cóm tó Antigone…þá sende Antigones hine selfne (Neoptolomus) Neoptolomus came to Antigone…then Antigone sent him; 3. standing alone; hit Scipia hám onbéad…and éac self sǽde, þá hé hám cóm Scipia commanded it at home…and also said himself, then he came home; 3a. along with a pronoun in dative; eall þis mágon him selfe geséon; 4. denoting voluntary or independent action (not inflected?); gif hé wíf self hæbbe gange héo út mid him. Gif se hláford him wíf sealed, síe héo þæs hláfordes if he have a wife that he got himself, let her go out with him. If the lord gave him a wife, she shall be the lord's; þonne self ne mæg man áspyrian man left to himself cannot investigate it; þonne wearp séo eorðe hit sóna self (of its own accord) of hire then the earth threw it immediately from itself of its own accord; he cwæþ, 'self ic swelte þonne' he said, 'I will kill myself if you do'; B. (the) same, (α) with a demonstrative; þu eart se selfa God þe ús ádrife fram dóme thou art the same God who may drive us from judgment; (β) alone; ic sóþfæst word on selfan hæbbe; on \selfe wísan in the same fashion; mid him \selfum by himself; 5. adj same; 6. see sealf;

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