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yea

[yey]
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.

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Yeas is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English ye, ya, Old English gēa; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic ja
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yea
O.E. gea (W.Saxon), ge (Anglian) "so, yes," an affirmative word in Germanic, cognate with Ger., Dan., Norw., Swed. ja.
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