'Ye' in 'Ye Olde ....' is a representation of 'the' and is pronounced 'the' and always has been. The 'y' that is used in print replaces the archaic 'thorn' character, which looked somewhat similar and stood for what we now write as 'th'. In fact the 'e' in our 'the' was written in those days as a superscript following the 'thorn' character.
Origin unknown, but probably German where it has the same meaning.
A fragment that translates as 'this' in the phrase "it was this big", usually accompanied by a hand action signifying the size of the object being talked about."
A fragment that translates as 'this' in the phrase "it was this big", usually accompanied by a hand action signifying the size of the object being talked about."
"I was walking through Epping Forest when I bumped into a bloody great big wild boar ye big. Facking huge I'm telling you."
ye by Billy-Bob McSanchez April 6, 2005
Ye by RollingLittleBean August 1, 2015
Ye by IronPrime9 April 2, 2017