yë

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ēage.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiː(ə)/

Noun

yë (plural yën)

  1. Alternative form of eie
    • 1478, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:
      And smale fowles maken melodye, that slepen al the night with open yë.

Usage notes
  • In original manuscripts, this was written ye; the addition of the dieresis is a notation from much more recent editions of Middle English works to distinguish it from the pronoun ye.
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