yea1

[yey] /yeɪ/
adverb
1.
yes (used in affirmation or assent).
2.
indeed:
Yea, and he did come.
3.
not only this but even:
a good, yea, a noble man.
noun
4.
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
5.
a person who votes in the affirmative.
Origin
before 900; Middle English ye, ya, Old English gēa; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic ja

yea2

[yey] /yeɪ/
adverb
1.
yay2 .
British Dictionary definitions for yea

yea

/jeɪ/
sentence substitute
1.
a less common word for aye1 (sense 1)
adverb
2.
(sentence modifier) (archaic or literary) indeed; truly: yea, though my enemies spurn me, I shall prevail
Word Origin
Old English gēa; related to Old Frisian jē, Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German jā, Gothic jai
Word Origin and History for yea

Old English gea (West Saxon), ge (Anglian) "so, yes," from Proto-Germanic *ja-, *jai-, a word of affirmation (cf. German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish ja), from PIE *yam-, from pronomial stem *i- (see yon).

Slang definitions & phrases for yea

yay

adverb

To this extent; this; so •A sort of demonstrative adverb used with adjectives of size, height, extent, etc, and often accompanied by a hand gesture indicating size: Dorsey almost did him in yea years ago/ Helen Venable said she'd swear on a stack of Bibles yea high

[1950s+; perhaps fr yea, ''yes,'' specialized fr an earlier sense ''even, truly, verily'' to something like ''even so, truly so, verily so''; perhaps fr Pennsylvania German, based on German je]