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#51909 01/07/02 01:22 PM

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(warning: word post ):

I'm inclined to think that the "Gather ye" construction is probably from OE or ME, akin to the imperative that has survived into modern-day German (Gehen Sie! = Go [you]!). The imperative pronoun has since disappeared from modern English, but it is understood.

As for "ye" meaning "the," sure, that's how the article was spelled when the old thorn (my Mac doesn't seem to want reproduce a thorn ) began to wither away. But I don't think it applies in this poem.

Comments? NicholasW, tsuwm, anyone who has a better handle on this?

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Exult in the Imperative Mood! Wordwind 01/05/02 03:58 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! tsuwm 01/05/02 05:23 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! wwh 01/05/02 05:53 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Keiva 01/05/02 07:04 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! musick 01/05/02 08:21 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! consuelo 01/05/02 08:37 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Faldage 01/05/02 09:01 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Capital Kiwi 01/05/02 09:46 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! WhitmanO'Neill 01/05/02 10:12 PM

Re: Seize the Fish! AnnaStrophic 01/05/02 11:25 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Angel 01/05/02 11:54 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Wordwind 01/06/02 12:02 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Geoff 01/07/02 04:11 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Wordwind 01/07/02 09:39 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! wow 01/07/02 01:25 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! musick 01/08/02 09:48 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Angel 01/06/02 12:35 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Keiva 01/06/02 12:43 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! WhitmanO'Neill 01/06/02 03:35 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Angel 01/07/02 02:30 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! AnnaStrophic 01/05/02 11:24 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! musick 01/05/02 11:35 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Jazzoctopus 01/06/02 12:08 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Faldage 01/06/02 12:13 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Angel 01/06/02 12:15 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Jazzoctopus 01/06/02 04:13 AM

Old Imperatives AnnaStrophic 01/07/02 01:22 PM

Re: Old Imperatives tsuwm 01/07/02 03:59 PM

Re: another word-post interruption Anonymous 01/07/02 05:08 PM

Re: another word-post WhitmanO'Neill 01/07/02 05:30 PM

Re: another word-post Faldage 01/07/02 06:57 PM

Gather Ye Sparteye 01/07/02 07:36 PM

Re: Gather Ye / Rest ye wow 01/07/02 07:57 PM

Re: Gather Ye / Rest ye Faldage 01/07/02 08:11 PM

Re: Gather Ye / Rest ye Keiva 01/07/02 10:01 PM

Re: gather ye word posts while ye may.... maverick 01/07/02 10:33 PM

Re: gather ye word posts while ye may.... AnnaStrophic 01/08/02 01:32 PM

Re: gather ye word posts while ye may.... Geoff 01/08/02 08:15 PM

Re: Hear ye! Hear ye! WhitmanO'Neill 01/08/02 09:51 PM

Re: Hear ye! Hear ye! Wordwind 01/09/02 08:20 AM

. Max Quordlepleen 01/09/02 06:47 PM

Re: Hear ye! Hear ye! Faldage 01/09/02 07:04 PM

Re: Hear ye! Hear ye! Capital Kiwi 01/09/02 09:53 PM

Re: exault! Keiva 01/11/02 05:12 AM

Re: exault! Wordwind 01/11/02 09:35 AM

Re: exault! Angel 01/11/02 12:32 PM

Re: exault! wow 01/11/02 12:52 PM

Re: exault! francais31415 01/13/02 06:23 AM

Re: exault! Angel 01/16/02 08:32 PM

Re: exault! doc_comfort 01/17/02 01:10 AM

Re: exault! WhitmanO'Neill 01/17/02 05:44 PM

Re: exault! consuelo 01/17/02 09:08 PM

Re: exault! wwh 01/17/02 09:36 PM

Re: exault! Wordwind 01/17/02 10:22 PM

Re: exault! Keiva 01/17/02 10:35 PM

. Max Quordlepleen 01/17/02 10:49 PM

Re: exault! Faldage 01/18/02 05:23 PM

Re: another word-post interruption tsuwm 01/07/02 08:01 PM

Oh, ye of little faith... Jackie 01/06/02 09:42 PM

Re: Oh, ye of little faith... WhitmanO'Neill 01/07/02 03:31 AM

Re: Oh, ye of little faith... Anonymous 01/07/02 03:57 AM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! milum 01/07/02 06:16 PM

Re: Exult in the Imperative Mood! Geoff 01/08/02 03:18 AM

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