yë

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ēaġe.

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.