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ye
1[ yee ]
pronoun
- Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
- (used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
O ye of little faith; ye brooks and hills.
- (used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
Do ye not know me?
- (used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
I have something to tell ye. Arise, the enemy is upon ye!
- (used with mock seriousness in an invocation, mild oath, or the like):
Ye gods and little fishes!
ye
2[ thee; spelling pronunciation yee ]
definite article
ye
1/ jɪ; jiː /
pronoun
- archaic.refers to more than one person including the person addressed but not including the speaker
- dialect.Alsoeeiː refers to one person addressed
I tell ye
ye
2/ jiː; ðiː /
determiner
- a form of the, used in conjunction with other putative archaic spellings
ye olde oake
ye
3the internet domain name for
- Yemen
Spelling Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of ye1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ye1
Origin of ye2
Example Sentences
That’s enough of a red flag by itself, but JP’s 24/7 style commitment to stars, stripes and ye olde red, white and blue had viewers scouring footage for signs of a telltale scarlet cap.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Ho quoted from the Bible, Matthew 7:7—“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
Another letter from James between the lovers in 1623 said, "God bless you, my sweet child and wife, and grant that ye may ever be a comfort to your dear father and husband."
"Then, before ye know it," the subtitled video goes on, "ye've committed a hate crime."
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