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What (who) is ye - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
YE; Yie; Yè; Ye (disambiguation); Y.E.; Y.e.; Ye.; YE (disambiguation); Y E
ye
1.
Ye is an old-fashioned, poetic, or religious word for you
when you are talking to more than one person.
when you are talking to more than one person.
Abandon hope all ye who enter here.
PRON
2.
Ye is sometimes used in imitation of an old written form of the word 'the'.
...Ye Olde Tea Shoppe.
DET
ye
<networking> The country code for Yemen.
(1999-01-27)
ye
ye1
¦ pronoun [second person plural] archaic or dialect plural form of thou1.
Origin
OE ge, of Gmc origin.
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ye2
¦ determiner pseudo-archaic term for the.
Word History
The modern use of ye has arisen from a misunderstanding. In Old English the sound th- was represented by a letter called the thorn, written ?. In medieval times this character came to be written identically with y, so that the could be written ye. This spelling was kept as a convenient abbreviation as late as the 19th century, but it was never pronounced as 'ye'.
Examples of use of ye
1. In return, Ye Gon was to be tried in the United States, not Mexico, Ye said.
2. Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be filled.
3. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye?
4. Come hither all ye spongers, scroungers, bone idle and thieving, for ye will find succor here.
5. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh." "But woe unto you that are rich!