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yͤ

yͤ is the alternative form of ye.

Meaning of ye

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ye

  1. (archaic, definite) The.
    • Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe

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Origin of yͤ

Substituted the Middle English þͤ (“the”) due to the lack of a sort for it and visual similarity in blackletter type. See Thorn (letter) on Wikipedia for more information.

Questions about yͤ

What is yͤ the alternative form of?
Yͤ is the alternative form of ye.

Words near yͤ in the dictionary

  1. yōkai
  2. yōkais
  3. yōkan
  4. yūkaku
  5. y̆
  6. yͤ
  7. yͧ
  8. yͭ
  9. y’reyt?
  10. z
  11. Z boson

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yͤ (page history and authors); ye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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