ye

ye
ye
a pseudo-archaic form of the definite article the, is used commercially in names such as ye olde tea-shoppe. Though pronounced yee, its first letter represents an old runic letter called ‘thorn’ (pronounced dh as in modern this), which in written form had come to resemble the letter y.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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