† a-high, adv., prop. phr. Obs.
(əˈhaɪ)
Forms: 4–5 a-hy, a hyȝe, 4–6 a-hygh(e, ahighe, 6–9 a-high.
[a prep.1 of general position, on + high. The full form on high is now alone used.]
1. On high, aloft.
| a 1300 K. Alis. 6236 Roches two So ahygh so any mon myghte seone. 1490 Caxton Eneydos xvi. 64 He drewe sowles out of helle and made hem to come vp ahighe. 1594 Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 86 One heaued a-high, to be hurl'd downe below. 1676 Hobbes Homer 351 Their chars sometimes are in the air a high And sometimes on the ground. 1823 Hone Anc. Myst. 235 At the Cross in the ‘Crosschepyng’ were divers angels censing ahigh on the cross. |
2. In high or loud tones; aloud. Cf. Fr. en haut, hautement.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1549 She spake euer vyleyny Among here felaws al ahy. 1489 Caxton Faytes of Armes ii. vi. 102 He sayd thus al ahighe in audyence. |