hie

Definition of hie

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(intransitive, poetic)To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.

“But after her lover Amyntas hied.”
“Hath pleased you, and eased you, and sweet slumber seized you. And now to bed I hie.”
“The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.”
“At break of morn she hies to yonder abbey”

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verb

(intransitive, poetic)To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.

“But after her lover Amyntas hied.”
“Hath pleased you, and eased you, and sweet slumber seized you. And now to bed I hie.”
“The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.”
“At break of morn she hies to yonder abbey”
(poetic, reflexive)To hurry (oneself).

“My husband hies him home.”
“Some have conjectured hastily that all Southerners in town hie themselves to cafés at nightfall.”
(transitive)To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".

intj

(dialectal)A call to turn a horse to the left.

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Etymology

From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift,…

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From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”). Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).

Anagrams of hie

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from hie

3 playable · top: EH (5 pts)

Best play eh 5 points

2-letter words

2 words

Hooks

2 extensions · 2 back

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