ye

Old English pronoun

Ye is an archaic or dialectal form of "you," surviving mainly in historical texts and deliberate archaisms: Hear ye, hear ye.

The word also appears as a pseudo-archaic spelling of "the," from misreading the old letter thorn (þ) as Y in phrases like Ye Olde Shoppe—which was always pronounced "the," never "yee."

archaic

thou

Archaic second-person pronoun

theeSecond-person object, antiquated
hitherTo this place
thitherTo that place

hence · wherefore · forsooth · verily · prithee · doth · hast · art · ere · whence

biblical

Israelites

Ancient Hebrew people

prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital

commandments · Exodus · Genesis · Psalms · Hebrew · Aramaic · temple · covenant · disciples · apostles

pronoun

thou

Archaic second-person pronoun

pluralMore than one
second-personGrammar addressing the audience
addresseesIntended message receivers

listeners · audience · assembly · congregation · gathered · folk · people · collective · crowd · multitude

affirmative

yes

Opposite of no

yepLaid-back assent
yeahCasual spoken agreement
ayeAffirmative vote

agreement · assent · confirmation · nod · approval · acceptance · consent · acknowledgment · concurrence · endorsement

Categories

Archaismsthee, thou, thy, thine, hath
archaic Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, hath
archaic wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, tis
dialect wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, thyself
Old Spellingsaether, connexion, magick, shew, shoppe
Shakespearean Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, dost

Opposites

temporal register

The person addressed

the · y'all · you guys · you all · youse

number (pronominal)

Archaic second-person pronoun

person (pronominal)

yeI

First-person subject pronoun

we · they · he · she · it

Family

you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G