Category: Common olde words
Olde
Archaic spelling of old. The e is silent. This spelling is usually used when something wants to appear quaint or old-fashioned.
Thou
Thou is a second-person singular pronoun. Thou thou is the nominative form. It becomes “you” in modern English. Whereas in, say, The King James version of the Bible, it is the you the speaker is addressing.
For more on pronoun cases, see the Early Modern English Prououn Table.
Shoppe
An archaic spelling of shop. It used to seem quant and old world. The extra p and the e are not pronounced.
Personal pronouns in Early Modern English
Early Modern English had some great words that are still fun to use today. Here is a table of the pronouns from that period and how, when, and where to correctly use them.
| Nominative | Oblique | Genitive | Possessive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | singular | I | me | my/mine | mine |
| plural | we | us | our | ours | |
| 2nd person | singular informal | thou | thee | thy/thine | thine |
| singular formal | ye, you | you | your | yours | |
| plural | |||||
| 3rd person | singular | he/she/it | him/her/it | his/her/his (it) | his/hers/his |
| plural | they | them | their | theirs | |