- Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
- (used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things): O ye of little faith; ye brooks and hills.
- (used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address): Do ye not know me?
- (used objectively in the second person singular or plural): I have something to tell ye. Arise, the enemy is upon ye!
- (used with mock seriousness in an invocation, mild oath, or the like): Ye gods and little fishes!
- the1.
- refers to more than one person including the person addressed but not including the speaker
- refers to one person addressed
- a form of the, used in conjunction with other putative archaic spellings
- Yemen
