Ye

[Ye]

The word thou, used in place of "you," is not used much in modern language. In fact, with its Biblical feeling, it’s most often used in religious contexts. Otherwise, it might be used as slang for thousand.

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The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.

Alt. of Ye

an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.

n.
An eye.

pron.
The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.

adv.
Yea; yes.

Ye

Ye (y&emac;), pron. [OE. ye, 'f4e, nom. pl., AS. ge, g&imac;; cf. OS. ge, g'c6, OFries. g'c6, 'c6, D. gij, Dan. & Sw. i, Icel. &emac;r, OHG. ir, G. ihr, Goth. jus, Lith. jus, Gr. , Skr. yuyam. .] The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.

Ye ben to me right welcome heartily.

But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified.

This would cost you your life in case ye were a man.

&hand; In Old English ye was used only as a nominative, and you only as a dative or objective. In the 16th century, however, ye and you became confused and were often used interchangeably, both as nominatives and objectives, and you has now superseded ye except in solemn or poetic use. See You, and also the first Note under Thou.