 The English definite article "the", written "þe" in Middle English, derives from an Old English demonstrative, which, according to gender, was written "se" (masculine), "seo" (feminine) ("þe" and "þeo" in the Northumbrian dialect), or "þæt" (neuter).The neuter form "þæt" also gave rise to the modern demonstrative "that".The "ye" occasionally seen in pseudo-archaic usage such as "Ye Olde Englishe Tea Shoppe" is actually a form of "þe", where the letter thorn ("þ") came to be written as a "y".