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ye

YEE/jiː/

4 meanings of ye

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  1. 1
    you allpronounarchaic
    An old or regional word for 'you', especially when talking to more than one person.

    Are ye all coming to the match on Sunday?

    Queſtion me then no more; whate'er ye want, / Ask in my Name, and God ſhall ſurely grant. / You've asked nothing yet for Jesus sake : / Ask and receive, and of my joyes partake.
    1671, Elisha Coles, ΧΡΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΑHere, ye means you.

    UsageO ye of little faith is often used jokingly when someone doubts you.

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  2. 2
    the (old spelling)articlearchaicdefinite
    An old way of writing the word the.

    The new ice cream place is called Ye Olde Creamery to make it sound old.

    Now vnto yͤ king eternal, immortall, inuiſible, the onely wiſe God, be honour and glory for euer ⁊ euer. Amen.
    1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, yͤ is an old printed way of writing the.

    UsageSeen in old-style names like Ye Olde Creamery.

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  3. 3
    agreeinginterjectionslang
    A short, very casual way to say yes.

    “Want pizza tonight?” “Ye, sounds good.”

    Ye, I'm on my way now.

    UsageUsed alone as a short reply: Ye.

    Similaryeah, yep, yup

    Oppositenah, no

Less common meaning

  1. 4
    noun
    A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, written Е or е, used in Russian and several other languages.

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Origins

Meaning 1

From Old English ġē, the old word for “you” when speaking to more than one person.

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  • The pronoun ye derives from Old English ġē, a second-person plural pronoun. en.wikipedia.org
Meaning 2

Early printers had no letter þ (“th”), so they used y instead, which made þe look like “ye”. Shop names like “Ye Olde Shoppe” later brought this spelling back on purpose.

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Meaning 3

Short for yes or yeah.

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