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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1650-1651
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(Ȝa,) Yea, v. [e.m.E. ȝe (Cath. Angl.), yeyn (Prompt. Parv., 1510).] tr. To address (a person) using the pronoun ‘ye’. — a1651 Calderwood I 264.
You are brought furth for so horrible crimes … and sall be sufficientlie proved that yee cannot deny it … Now, I will yea thee no more, and thou sall heare the points that thou art accused of
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