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ye 1 T0146800 (thē, yē)def.art. Archaic The.
[Alteration of Middle English þe, the (from the use of the letter y to represent the letter thorn (þ) in early English printing).]Usage Note: In an attempt to seem quaint or old-fashioned, many store signs such as "Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe" use spellings that are no longer current. The word ye in such signs looks identical to the archaic second plural pronoun ye, but it is in fact not the same word. Ye in "Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe" is just an older spelling of the definite article the. The y in this ye was never pronounced (y) but was rather the result of improvisation by early printers. In Old English and early Middle English, the sound (th) was represented by the letter thorn (þ). When printing presses were first set up in England in the 1470s, the type came from Continental Europe, where this letter was not in use. The letter y was used instead because in the handwriting of the day the loop of the letter thorn was often not connected to the upright, and so the thorn looked very similar to y. So spellings like ye for the, yt or yat for that, were not only common but survived into the 1800s. However, the modern revival of this archaic form of the has not been accompanied by a revival of the knowledge of how it was pronounced, with the result that (yē) is the usual pronunciation today.
ye 2 Y0011100 (yē; yə when unstressed)pron. Archaic 1. You. Used as the nominative second person pronoun: "Judge not, that ye be not judged" (King James Bible).2. You. Used as the objective second person pronoun: "Johnny, we hardly knew ye" (traditional Irish song).
[Middle English, from Old English gē; see yu- in Indo-European roots.]Word History: In Modern English, most personal pronouns distinguish two forms (leaving aside the possessive forms of the pronouns such as my, our, and their). The forms I, he, she, we, and they are used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence, while me, him, her, us, and them are usually used when the pronoun has another grammatical role in the sentence. (The first set of forms, the subject forms, are said to be in the nominative case, while the second set goes by various names—for convenience, we could call it the objective case.) Modern English also has an archaic second person pronoun that has the form thou in the nominative case and thee in the objective case. You and it have only one form in Modern English, but things were not always so in earlier stages of English. Old English had one pronoun, thu, for the second person singular (used when speaking to one person), and another, ge, for the second person plural (used when speaking to more than one person, much like modern colloquial English you guys and y'all.) Old English thu, whose accusative and dative case was the, became the Middle English pronoun thou with the objective case thee. Old English ge, whose accusative and dative case was ēow, became the Middle English pronoun ye, with objective case you. However, by about 1300, people had begun using the plural pronoun ge as a polite way of addressing a single person in Middle English. (Modern French still has a pronominal system much like Middle English of the time, with vous used as both a general second person plural pronoun and as a polite second person singular pronoun, in contrast to the more familiar or intimate tu.) After 1300, however, people also began to use you as the nominative case in both the singular and plural, and ye also came to be used as the objective case form. By 1600, you had for the most part replaced ye in general usage. Thou and thee continued to lose ground to the old plural pronoun, until at last you became the usual form of the second person personal pronoun, in both numbers and cases.ye (jiː; unstressed jɪ) pron1. archaic or dialect refers to more than one person including the person addressed but not including the speaker2. dialect Also: ee refers to one person addressed: I tell ye. [Old English gē; related to Dutch gij, Old Norse ēr, Gothic jus]
ye (ðiː; spelling pron jiː) determinera form of the, used in conjunction with other putative archaic spellings: ye olde oake. [from a misinterpretation of the as written in some Middle English texts. The runic letter thorn (Þ, representing th) was incorrectly transcribed as y because of a resemblance in their shapes]
ye the internet domain name for (Computer Science) Yemen ye1 (yi)
pron. 1. Archaic (except in ecclesiastical prose) or Brit. Dial. a. (used nominatively as the plural of thou): O ye of little faith; ye brooks and hills. b. (used nominatively for the second person singular, esp. in polite address): Do ye not know me? c. (used objectively in the second person singular or plural): I have something to tell ye. 2. (used with mock seriousness in an invocation, mild oath, or the like): Ye gods and little fishes! [before 900; Middle English; Old English gē] ye2 (ði; spelling pron. yi)
definite article. Archaic. the 1. usage: The word ye, as in Ye Olde Booke Shoppe, is simply an archaic spelling of the definite article the. The use of the letter Y was a printer's adaptation of the eth, ð, the character in the Old English alphabet representing the th- sounds (th) and (t) in Modern English; Y was the closest symbol in the Roman alphabet. Originally, the form would have been rendered as yⁿ or ye. The pronunciation (yē) today is a spelling pronunciation. Translationsye (jiː) pronoun an old word for you, occurring as the subject of a sentence. (舊式用法) 你們，汝等 （旧式用法）你们，汝等 ye
how-d'ye-do1. An informal, colloquial greeting (a contraction of "how do you do?"). Well hey, Bob, how-d'ye-do? Been a long time since I've seen you around here!2. An unfortunate, unpleasant, or awkward situation or circumstance; a troublesome or difficult state of affairs. (Often phrased as "a fine how-d'ye-do.") Well that's a fine how-d'ye-do. I'm on the job for just two days and I find out that the company is going bankrupt!abandon hope, all ye who enter hereA message warning one about a hopeless situation from which there is no return. The Italian version of this phrase appears in Dante's Divine Comedy as the inscription on the entrance to Hell. The phrase is most often used humorously. I'll never forget my first day as an intern and the sign above my cubicle that said, "Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here."See also: abandon, all, enter, here, who, yewhat do you call (someone)/itUsed to indicate a person or thing whose name is not known or can't be remembered. "What do you" is often condensed into informal contractions such as "whaddya" or "what d'you," and the phrase is sometimes hyphenated in writing. I heard old what do you call him is back to teaching the course again next week. I ran into whaddya-call-her from next door down at the grocery store this morning. He keeps playing that dang what-d'you-call-it on the computer all day.See also: call, whatO ye of little faithA mild and humorously formal rebuke of someone who has expressed doubt or incredulity about something one said one would or could do. The phrase is used in several places in the New Testament of the Bible. The uncommon and somewhat archaic interjection "O" is often simply rendered to "oh" in modern English. A: "Oh, wow. It looks like your shortcut really did save us a bunch of time." B: "O ye of little faith." A: "Are you sure this will work?" B: "Come on, I know what I'm doing, oh ye of little faith."See also: faith, little, of, yeseek and ye shall findYou will find inevitably what you are looking for if you look hard enough or in the right way. A: "There are no jobs out there!" B: "No, there are plenty of jobs out there. You just need to be willing to broaden your scope a bit. Seek and ye shall find."See also: and, find, seek, shall, yeGather ye rosebuds while ye may.Act and enjoy yourself now, before your situation changes. The line comes from Robert Herrick's 17th-century poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," and is an example of carpe diem ("seize the day") poetry. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may—you never know what tomorrow will bring. Youth is a fleeting thing, so gather ye rosebuds while ye may.See also: gather, rosebud, while, yeAbandon hope, all ye who enter here.Prov. If you come in, be prepared for the worst. (Describes a hopeless situation or one somehow similar to hell. Often used jocularly. This is the English translation of the words on the gate of Hell in Dante's Inferno.) This is our cafeteria. Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!See also: abandon, all, enter, here, who, yeGather ye rosebuds while ye may.Prov. Enjoy yourself while you can, before you lose the opportunity or before you become too old. (From Robert Herrick's poem, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.") Sue: Should I go out on a date with Robbie on Saturday, or should I stay home and study? Ellen: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. You ought to travel abroad now, while you're young, before you have responsibilities that might keep you from going. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.See also: gather, may, rosebud, while, yeJudge not, lest ye be judged. and Judge not, that ye be not judged.Prov. If you condemn other people, then they will have the right to condemn you, so it is best not to condemn them. (Biblical.) Jill: I'm sure Gloria is the one who's been stealing from petty cash. She's so sloppy, nasty, and ill-mannered. Don't you think she'd be capable of theft? Jane: Judge not, lest ye be judged.See also: judge, yeOh, ye of little faith.Fig. You who trust no one. (Jocular; the word ye is an old form of you used in the Bible.) You thought I wouldn't show up on time? Oh, ye of little faith.See also: faith, little, of, yeSeek and ye shall find.Prov. If you search hard enough for something, you will find it. (Biblical. Can imply that the only thing you need to do to get something is look for it.) The bookstore on the corner is an excellent one. Any book you want, just seek and ye shall find.See also: and, find, seek, shall, yeYe gods (and little fishes)!Inf. What a surprising thing! Ye gods and little fishes! Someone covered my car with broken eggs! Ye gods! What a rainstorm!See also: yeYe gods! exclam. Good grief! Ye gods! What is this stuff here? See also: yeseek and ye shall findIf you want something, look for it. This pragmatic advice dates from ancient Greek times and appears in ancient Roman and Chinese sources as well. It crops up in the Bible: “Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7– 8). Despite the archaic ye, it is still current.See also: and, find, seek, shall, yeye
ye (networking)The country code for Yemen.MedicalSeeEEYE
YEThe two-character ISO 3166 country code for YEMEN.YE
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| YE➣Yemen (Sana) | | YE➣Young Enterprise (European business-education charity) | | YE➣Year Ending | | YE➣Youth Exchange (various organizational sponsors) | | YE➣Youth Encounter | | YE➣District Lighter, Ammunition (US Navy) | | YE➣Aircraft Radio Homing Beacon (US Navy) |
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