Hisself
[hi-self, hiz-] /hɪˈsɛlf, hɪz-/
pronoun, Nonstandard.
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pron.
see himself. The shift in felt meaning of the first element of this compound from dative to gentitive created this new word c.1400, whereas the same process did not change herself.
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