YE


Meaning of YE in English

I. ˈyē pronoun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gē; akin to Old High German ir you — more at you

Date: before 12th century

: you 1 — used originally only as a plural pronoun of the second person in the subjective case and now used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and in various English dialects

II. yē, yə; orig same as the I definite article

Etymology: alteration of Middle English þe the, from Old English þē; from the use of the letter y by printers and scribes of late Middle English to represent þ ( th ) of earlier manuscripts

Date: 1551

archaic : the

Ye Olde Gifte Shoppe

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