What does "Ye Olde" mean?

Question

What does "Ye Olde" mean?

Answer 1

Greetings!

"Your old" or "the old"-Look it up at an "Old English" site.

Old English is often erroneously used to refer to any form of English other than Modern English. The term Old English does not refer to varieties of Early Modern English such as are found in Shakespeare or the King James Bible, nor does it refer to Middle English, the language of Chaucer and his contemporaries. The following timeline helps place the history of the English language in context. The dates used are approximate dates. It is inaccurate to state that everyone stopped speaking Old English in 1099, and woke up on New Year's Day of 1100 speaking Middle English. Language change is gradual, and cannot be as easily demarcated as are historical or political events.

450–1100 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) – The language of Beowulf.

1100–1500 Middle English – The language of Chaucer.

1500–1650 Early Modern English (or Renaissance English) – The language of Shakespeare.

1650–present Modern English (or Present-Day English) – The language as spoken today.

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Answer 2

Ye is you or your, and olde is old.

It's used just as a fancy way to say "the"

Answer 3

It's Norwegian for retarded

Answer 4

Archaic or faux-archaic English for "The Old".

i.e. : "Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe" : 'The Old Medicine Shop', 'The Old Pharmacy".