Большой англо-русский словарь:
ye
местоимение
а)
устаревшее;
поэтическое вы
смотри также thou
Например: All hope abandon ye who enter here. (D. Alighieri, Divina Comedia, trans. by H. F. Cary) — Входящие, оставьте упованья. (пер. с итал. М. Лозинского)
б)
диалектное; = you вы
Например: How d'ye do? — Здравствуйте! (при знакомстве)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
ye
I. pronoun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English
gē; akin to Old High German
ir you — more at
you
Date: before 12th century
you 1 — used originally only as a
plural pronoun of the second person in the
subjective case and now used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and in various English dialects
II. definite article
Etymology: alteration of Middle English
Þe the, from Old English
Þē; from the use of the letter
y by printers and scribes of late Middle English to represent Þ (
th) of earlier manuscripts
Date: 1551
archaic the Example: Ye Olde Gifte Shoppe
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing:
ye
The country code for Yemen.
(1999-01-27)