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That should be “God Rest You Merry”. ‘Ye’ is a subject pronoun. The subject of the phrase is ‘God’. Now diagram the sentence five times, due in class next week
by acheron 8y ago
That should be “God Rest You Merry”. ‘Ye’ is a subject pronoun. The subject of the phrase is ‘God’.
Now diagram the sentence five times, due in class next week.
- doomrobo 8y agoCan't it be read as "God rest the merry"? That parses just fine.
- a1369209993 8y agoIn that case it's a typo, and should be spelled "God Rest Þe Merry", with a latin^Wenglish capital letter thorn, rather than a Y, which was used as a substitute when using early german printing type that didn't include the thorn character. Unless you're actively trying to write in Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe, in which case go ahead.