Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ye

 I. pronoun  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ge; akin to Old High German ir you — more at you  Date: before 12th century you 1 — used originally only as a plural pronoun of the second person in the subjective case and now used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and in various English dialects  II. definite article  Etymology: alteration of Middle English ?e the, from Old English ?e; from the use of the letter y by printers and scribes of late Middle English to represent ? (th) of earlier manuscripts  Date: 1551 archaic the Ye Olde Gifte Shoppe