YE

Definition: YE

YE

1. 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.

2. Alt. of Ye

Adverb

1. Yea; yes.

Noun

1. An eye.

Pronoun

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "YE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Attention

Interjection: see! look, look here, look you, look to it! mark! lo! behold! soho! hark, hark ye! mind! halloo! observe! lo and behold! attention! nota bene, "N.B.", note well; I'd have you to know; notice! O yes! Oyez! dekko! ecco! yoho!

Wonder

Interjection: lo, lo and behold! O! heyday! halloo! what! indeed! really! surely! humph! hem! good lack, good heavens, gad so! welladay! dear me! only think! lackadaisy! my stars, my goodness! gracious goodness! goodness gracious! mercy on us! heavens and earth! God bless me! bless us, bless my heart! odzookens! O gemini! adzooks! hoity-toity! strong! Heaven save the mark, bless the mark! can such things be! zounds! 'sdeath! what on earth, what in the world! who would have thought it!; (inexpectation); you don't say so! You're kidding!. No kidding? what do you say to that! nous verrons! how now! where am I?

Crosswords: YE

Haitian Creole (are, is), Luganda (is).

Follow. But! Follow only if ye be men of valour, for the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Degs, ye like degs (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Wherefore by their fruits, ye shall know them (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

Ye of little faith (Patch Adams; writing credit: Patch Adams; Maureen Mylander)

It only shuts ye off more from the world (Brigadoon; writing credit: Alan Jay Lerner)

Aye, aye ye et ede, ooh (Lucky; performing artist: Britney Spears)

Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here. (references; author: unknown)

Be ye fishers of men. You catch them - He'll clean them. (references; author: unknown)

Chuang ye (1974)

Hei ye guai ke (1973)

Xianggang ye tan (1973)

Yi le ye (1973)

Yuan ye you long (1971)

Cam Ye O'er Frae France (performing artist: Steeleye Span)

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References

• YE Data Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Shanghai Xing Ye: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• 1001 Curious Things: Ye Olde Curiosity Shop and Native American Art (reference)

• O Ye Jigs and Juleps! (reference)

• Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine of the Gettysburg Campaign (reference)

• Ye Are Gods (reference)

• Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Hear Ye Hear Ye (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Ye Tang - The Peony Pavilion / Lincoln Center, Festival d'Automne (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Where Did Ye Go? (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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"Abandon hope, all Ye who enter here." / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Jean Mohr..

Behold ye Worldings whence true pleasure springs; / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused by a bomb that punctured them and knocked out her boilers. Taken by Photographer 2rd Class William G. Roy from the starboard side of the flight deck, just in front of the forward 5"/38 gun gallery. Man with hammer at right is probably covering a bomb entry hole in the forward elevator. Note arresting gear cables and forward palisade elements on the flight deck; CXAM radar antenna, large national ensign and YE homing beacon antenna atop the foremast; 5"/38, .50 caliber and 1.1" guns manned and ready at left. This view forms a panorama with Photo # 80-G-312019. Credit: NAVY.

In the Delaware river off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 18 April 1943. This view has been marked to identify SK, SC and SG radar and YE aircraft homing beacon antennas. Credit: NAVY.

Ye bull frog ; Ye dog ; Ye cat ; Ye mouse. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ye conference. "Not any we thank you Mr. Davis". Credit: Library of Congress.

Arms of ye Confederacie. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hearken ye sprightly : an old New England hymn. Credit: Library of Congress.

An' tis two fine wans I have for ye, ma'am, fresh from Rocky Point. Credit: Library of Congress.

That pup. You pest -- out you go! Lady, where'll ye have yer coal put?. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Slander those who tell it ye! Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse

Ye cannot take it off.

O ye who love each other, all this is in love

I grant ye.

ye disgrace earth

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Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "YE": will ye hill ye ♦ ye gods!. Additional references.

Beginning with "YE": ye-e-e-es, ye-e-es, ye-es, ye-i, ye-olde-worlde, ye-s, ye-yes.

Ending with "YE": come-all-ye, jameh-ye, koy-ye, majma-ye, moulmein-ye.

Afrikaans

u (thou, to, to you, you, your), jy (thou, you), julle (thou, to, to you, you, your), jou (thee, thou, to, to thee, to you, you, your). (various references)

Albanian

ju (thou, you, you all). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ти (thee, thou, you, yourself), вие (you). (various references)

Catalan

vosaltres (thou, you). (various references)

Czech

vy (you), vás (to you, you), ty (the, thou, you). (various references)

Danish

I (for, in, inside, into, on, per, this, thou, within, you, you formal, you formal plural), du (thou, you, you familiar), De (them, they, thou, you, you formal). (various references)

Dutch

u (thou, you, yourself), jullie (thou, you, your), jelui (thou, you), je (one, thee, they, thou, you, your), jý (thou, you), gelui (thou, tolling, you), ge (thou, you), gýlui (thou, you), gýlieden (thou, you), gý (thou, you). (various references)

Faeroese

tygum (thou, you), tit (thou, you), tú (one, they, thou, you). (various references)

Farsi 

شماها, شکل قدیمی کلمهehT . (various references)

Finnish

sinä (thou, you). (various references)

French

vous. (various references)

Frisian

jo (thou, you, your), dy (that, that one, thou, yonder, you), do (dove, pigeon, thou, you), dû (thou, you). (various references)

German

ihr (her, hers, its, their, thou, to her, you, you all, your), euch (thee, thou, to you, you, yourself, yourselves). (various references)

Greek 

σείσ (you), υμείσ, εσείσ (you), εσείς (you). (various references)

Hawaiian

ti (thou, you), ju (thou, you). (various references)

Hungarian

te (thou, you). (various references)

Icelandic

við (at, thou, we, with, with/at, with/by, you). (various references)

Indonesian

kau (thou, you), engkau (thou, you). (various references)

Italian

voi (thou, you), vi (there, to you, to you all, you, you all, yourself, yourselves), ve (you, yourself), tu (thou, you), ti (thee, thyself, to you, you, yourself), te (thee, you, yourself), loro (their, theirs, them, themselves, they, you, your, yours), le (it, the, them, to you, you), il (that one, the, this). (various references)

Lombard

ti (thou, you). (various references)

Manx

shiuish (you, yourself, yourselves), shiu (you). (various references)

Norwegian

du (thou, you). (various references)

Papiamen

señora (lady, madam, Mrs., thou, wife, you), señor (gentleman, lord, Mister, Mr., sir, thou, you), mener (gentleman, lord, Mister, Mr., sir, thou, you), boso (thou, you, your), bo (thou, you, your), aboso (thou, you), abo (thou, you). (various references)

Pig Latin

yeay.(various references)

Polish

wy (thou, you), ty (thou, you), panna (Miss, spinster, thou, unmarried woman, you), pani (thou, you), pan (gentleman, lord, Mr., thou, you). (various references)

Portuguese

vos, vós (thou, you), os (the, them, you), o (him, it, o, such, that, the, the one, you), as (the, them, to the), a (at, at the, beside, him/her, in, it, on, the, the one, to, toward, towards, upon, with, you). (various references)

Romanian

voi (demand, shall, thou, want, will, you). (various references)

Russian 

ты (thou, you), вы (you, you all). (various references)

Scottish

thu (and <A NAME="thù">thù</A> pers.pron. thou and you;, thou, you), sibh (thou, you). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vi (you), ti (tee, thee, thou, you). (various references)

Spanish

vosotros (thou, you, yourselves), vosotras (thou, you, yourselves), ustedes (thou, you), usted (thou, you). (various references)

Sranan

i (thou, you). (various references)

Swahili

wewe (thou, you), ninyi (thou, you). (various references)

Swedish

eder (your), du (thou, yer, you). (various references)

Turkish

sen (thee, thou, you). (various references)

Zulu

wena (thou, you), u- (he, she, thou, you), ni- (thou, you). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "YE": yea, yeah, yealing, yealings, yean, yeaned, yeaning, yeanling, yeanlings, yeans, year, yearbook, yearbooks, yearend, yearends, yearlies, yearling, yearlings, yearlong, yearly, yearn, yearned, yearner, yearners, yearning, yearningly, yearnings, yearns, years, yeas, yeasayer, yeasayers, yeast, yeasted, yeastier, yeastiest, yeastily, yeastiness, yeastinesses, yeasting, yeasts, yeasty, yecch, yecchs, yech, yechs, yechy, yeelin, yeelins, yegg, yeggman. (additional references)

Words ending with "YE": abye, aye, barye, bigeye, birdseye, buckeye, bugeye, bye, cockeye, deadeye, debye, dye, employe, ennuye, eye, fisheye, forbye, forebye, frogeye, goldeneye, goldeye, goodbye, gramarye, inbye, lye, mooneye, outbye, overdye, oxeye, pinkeye, pye, rallye, redeye, redye, ribeye, rockabye, rye, shuteye, snye, sockeye, stye, tigereye, tye, upbye, walleye, watcheye, wye. (additional references)

Words containing "YE": abyes, affrayed, affrayer, affrayers, allayed, allayer, allayers, alloyed, annoyed, annoyer, annoyers, arrayed, arrayer, arrayers, assayed, assayer, assayers, ayes, ballplayer, ballplayers, baryes, bayed, belayed, bendayed, betrayed, betrayer, betrayers, bewrayed, bewrayer, bewrayers, bigeyes, bilayer, bilayers, bioassayed, birdseyes, biyearly, blarneyed, bogeyed, boogeyed, bowyer, bowyers, brayed, brayer, brayers, bricklayer, bricklayers, buckeyes, bugeyes, buoyed, butterflyer, butterflyers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: aye, bey, bye, dey, dye, eye, fey, gey, hey, key, ley, lye, pye, rye, tye, wye, yea, yeh, yen, yep, yes, yet, yew.

+2 letters: abye, aery, ayes, bevy, beys, byes, byre, byte, cyme, defy, demy, deny, dewy, dexy, deys, dyed, dyer, dyes, dyke, dyne, easy, eddy, edgy, eely, eery, eggy, elmy, emyd, envy, espy, eyas, eyed, eyen, eyer, eyes, eyne, eyra, eyre, eyry, fley, fyce, fyke, gley, grey, gybe, gyre, gyve, hype, hyte, joey, keys, kyte, levy, leys, lyes, lyre, lyse, obey, oyer, oyes, oyez, prey, pyes, pyre, quey, rely, ryes, ryke, sexy, snye, stey, stye, syce, syke, syne, they, trey, tyee, tyer, tyes, tyke, tyne, type, tyre, very, whey, wyes, wyle, wyte, yare, yeah, yean, year, yeas, yech, yegg, yeld, yelk, yell, yelp, yens, yerk, yeti, yett, yeuk, yews, yipe, ylem, yoke, yore, yowe, yule, zyme.