Obs. Forms: 1 ʓe, 2–3 ȝe, 3 Orm. ȝa. [OE. ʓe, corresp. in use to OS. ge, gi(e, gia, and ja, OHG. ja and jauh, joh, jouh (MHG. ja, joch, jouch), Goth. jah.] And; also, too. Ȝe … ȝe (or and): both … and; as well … as.
Beowulf, 1864. Ʒe wið feond ʓe wið freond.
a. 900. Cynewulf, Crist, 847. Þonne herʓa fruma æþelinga ord eallum demeð leofum ʓe laðum lean æfter ryhte.
900–30. O. E. Chron. (Parker MS.), an. 835. [He] þær ʓefliemde ʓe þa Walas ʓe þa Deniscan.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 204. Her sint tacn aheardodre lifre ʓe on þam læppum & healocum & filmenum.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 103. Ðeos sunne fordeð eiðer ȝe saule ȝe lichoma.
c. 1200. Ormin, 846. He turrnde mikell follc till Godd Ȝa læwedd follc, ȝa læredd.
