2006-12-05 14:54:33 · 12 answers · asked by muffit 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Actually, all your answers to far are wrong. This is "Old English" and the word "merry" does not mean the same as we might think it does. The phrase should be "God rest ye merry, Gentlemen, let nothing you dismay"
It would translate into modern English as "God give you good sleep/peace, Gentlemen, do not worry about anything".
2006-12-05 15:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by harpertara 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen.
2006-12-05 14:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
2006-12-05 15:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by wyldefyre1982 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The comma is after Merry. To quote from The Dictionary of Misinformation by Tom Burnam: "Properly, its "God rest ye merry, gentlemen." The phrase "rest ye merry," which is older than Shakespeare, who used it in Romeo and Juliet, dates to the beginning of the 15th century. Incidentally, the Old English word for "merry" did not mean gay and lively, but merely pleasant or agreeable. By the 14th century, however, it had acquired its present meaning." This quote is also on the album/CD cover of Mannheim Steamroller's first Christmas album from 1984.
2006-12-05 15:16:47 · answer #4 · answered by brd 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is after the Ye "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen." Think of how you would say it rather than how the song sounds...the song is deceiving as the music does not pause there.
2006-12-05 15:03:48 · answer #5 · answered by Valerie B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen. The comma here means that you want the merry gental men to rest. If it was put "God RestYe Merry, Gentlmen", that would mean you want to gentalmen to rest merrliey.
2006-12-05 14:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by quest 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If there's any at all, it would be after Ye ... God rest ye, Merry Gentlemen. As Merry Gentlemen is who is referred to in "Ye"
2006-12-05 14:57:09 · answer #7 · answered by Traveller 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
after the ye. God rest ye, merry gentlemen. wish rest upon the gentlemen, not telling them that God is resting
2006-12-05 14:56:31 · answer #8 · answered by Kodoku Josei 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
After God Rest.
2006-12-05 14:58:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think its after 'Ye': God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen.
because its a phrase and then the subject.
2006-12-05 14:56:29 · answer #10 · answered by NeRdYkId1101 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋