"-e" meaning in English

See -e in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From archaic forms ending in e, from Middle English -e, from the coalescence of multiple various endings from Old English. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-e}} Middle English -e, {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -e, {{en-suffix}} -e
  1. Used for archaizing. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: Englishe, olde, shoppe Related terms: -eth
    Sense id: en--e-en-suffix-~mZ7nQhN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with raw sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1

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          "ref": "1993, “10-13. Kenosha”, in Wisconsin Annual Events, page 38",
          "text": "YE OLDE ENGLISHE CHRISTMASSE FEASTE: Nine course authentic Renaissance festival banquet.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1996, Jon Orwant, Perl 5 Interactive Course, page 679",
          "text": "Ye Olde Webbe page / Whither thou goest, there thou be.",
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          "ref": "1999 June 14, Tina Clarke, “Re: How to make LINKS open in new Browser Window?”, in microsoft.public.frontpage.client (Usenet), message-ID <7k1f5j$607$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>",
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          "text": "Yes. It’s an English pub called Ye Olde Meate Markete.[…]",
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          "ref": "1999 June 14, Tina Clarke, “Re: How to make LINKS open in new Browser Window?”, in microsoft.public.frontpage.client (Usenet), message-ID <7k1f5j$607$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>",
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