Ȝe, adv. yea, yes, VIII a 38, 227, b 110. [OE. gēa.] See Ȝa, Yei.
Ȝe, pron. 2 pl. nom. you, I 38, II 215, &c.; Ȝee, IX 187, 219, 284; Ye, XV g 25, &c.; Yee, XVII 397. Ou, acc. and dat. (to) you, XIV c 97; Ȝou, II 24, 204, &c.; Ȝow, I 22, VIII a 6, 14, &c.; You(e), XVI 402, XVII 294, &c.; Yow, V 23, 26, &c.; refl. (acc.) yourselves, VIII a 112, XIV b 7, XVI 178; yourself, V 49, VIII a 25; (dat.) for yourselves, II 216, 217; ȝif ȝou lyke, it lyke ȝou, if it please you, IX 74, 284; ȝou to, for yourselves, XIV d 7. Ȝor, poss. adj. XIV c 13, 106; Ȝour(e), I 84, II 218, &c.; Ȝowre, VIII a 14, 21, XIV a 8, 10, b 4, &c. The plural forms are often used to a superior, as: II 582, VIII a 118, ff., &c.; but also without special reason and intermingled with þou, &c., as: II 466, V 42, 256-7, &c. [OE. gē, ēow, ēower.]
Ȝede (pa. t. of Gon, q.v.), fared, went, &c., I 53, 104, II 301, 476, VIII a 93, &c.; walked, II 509; was, V 265; ȝede atwynne, broke apart, separated, I 191; ȝede on fote = lived, V 295; ȝede his gate, went his way, VI 166. [OE. ēode; see N.E.D., s.v. Yede, and Luick, Hist. Gramm. d. engl. Sprache § 261 n. 3; § 360.]
Ȝederly, adv. ? promptly, ? fully, V 257. [? OE. ǣdre, ēdre, quickly, fully; cf. Yendles.]
Ȝeer, n. year, IX 61, 63, &c.; Ȝer(e), I 151, V 332, VIII a 44, XIII a 44, &c.; Yeare (dat.), III introd.; Yer(e), III 44, VII 12, 99, XIV e 2, XVII 57; Ȝer(e), pl. I introd., II 264, 492, 541, VI 123, VIII a 319, b 36, XVI 39, 354; Ȝeres, I introd. [OE. gēr, gēar.] See Toȝere.
Ȝef, Yef; Ȝif, Ȝyf, conj. (usually with subj.) if, I 17, II 169, III 13, 28, V 230, VI 122, VIII a 163, XIII a 35, 48, XV b 34, &c.; whether, I 17, III 5, &c.; Hyf, VIII b 43; If(f), VIII a 123, XVI 331, &c.; Iif, V 275; Yf, IV b 24; Yiif, XV a 23; ȝif (if) þat, if, IV a 24, 88, IX 219, 271, XII a 16, b 46, XIV c 69; whether, XII a 184; all if, although, XVII 231; see also Bote. [OE. gef, gi(e)f.] See Gif.
Ȝeit. See Ȝet(e), adv.
Ȝelde(n), v. to yield, give (back), pay, repay, V 155, 257, VIII a 44, IX 189; Yelde, III 50; Ȝelde, subj. (imper.) in ȝ. hit ȝow, requite you for it, V 342; ȝ. ȝow (of), reward you (for), VIII a 121; Ȝolden, pp. surrendered, XIV b 89; Yyolde, restored, III 58 (see the French). [OE. géldan.] See Forȝelde.
Ȝemen, n. pl. yeomen, hired labourers, VI 175. [? OE. geong-man, ME. ȝengman, ȝemman, ȝēman; see N.E.D., s.v. Yeoman.]
Ȝeply, adv. cunningly; (allit. only) quickly, promptly, V 176. [OE. gēap-līce.]