myself

Etymology

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).

pron

1. (reflexive) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
   I taught myself.
   Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.” 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
2. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
3. In my normal state of body or mind.
4. Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).
   I feel like myself.
5. (archaic) I (as the subject of a verb).
   Myself am confident that an ointment of it is one of the best remedies for a scabby head that is. 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged
6. (India, Pakistan, nonstandard) my name is...
   Myself John.