▪ I. hie, v.1
(haɪ)
Now arch. or poet. Pa. tense and pple. hied; pres. pple. hying. Forms: α. 1 h{iacu}ᵹian, 2 hihȝen, Orm. hiȝhenn, 3 hihe, 3–5 hiȝe, highe, 4 hiȝie, (heeȝe), 4–5 hyȝ(e, hyghe, heiȝ(e, heyȝe, heyghe, heȝe, 4–7 heighe, 4–8 high, 5 hyhe, 5–6 hygh. β. 3–8 hye, 4 hii, 4–5 hij, (heij), 4–7 hy, 6 Sc. he, 3– hie. pa. tense 1 h{iacu}ᵹode, 3–4 hiȝede, etc. 3–5 hiede, hyede, 4– hied, (4–7 hyde, 5 hiet, hide, hit, etc.).
[OE. h{iacu}ᵹian (and ? hiᵹian) to strive, be intent or eager, pant; cf. MDu. hîgen, Du. hijgen to pant, breathe with difficulty, MLG. hîgen, hîchen, Ger. heichen.]
† 1. intr. To strive, exert oneself, pant. Obs.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxx. §1 Hiᵹaþ ealle mæᵹne ðæt he wold..ᵹefon. c 897 ― Gregory's Past. xxii. 169 He sceal simle hiᵹian ðæt he weorþe..ᵹeedniwad. 971 Blickl. Hom. 29 Þa þe he ᵹesyhþ to Gode hiᵹian. c 1200 Ormin 2723 Forrþi birrþ uss hiȝhenn her To cwemenn Crist o life. a 1225 Ancr. R. 92 Ȝe schulen gostliche iseon þe blissen of heuene, uor to ontenden our heorte to hien touward heom. |
2. To hasten, speed, go quickly.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 105 Þider we sculen hihȝen. c 1205 Lay. 2317 Alle heo hiȝeden to. 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 544 So quic so he miȝte hie. a 1300 Cursor M. 21278 Þe queles ar draun diuerse wise, þe first it gas, þe toþer it hise [v.r. hyes]. c 1320 R. Brunne Medit. 623 She ran þan þurgh hem, and hastyly hyde. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 33 Hyȝ not to heuen in hatere to-torne. 1382 Wyclif Gen. xviii. 6 Abraham hyede [1388 hastide] into the tabernacle. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3893 [Was] neuer hatfull to hym to hygh into batell. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. st. 474 Aryse up my collour my frend, and heyȝe. c 1440 Gesta Rom. lxi. 254 (Harl. MS.) They sesyd of wepyng, and hijd to the castell. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs, etc. (Arb.) 115 Into the Hall with haste he hyes. 1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. ii. 138 Hie to your Chamber, Ile find Romeo To comfort you. 1659 R. Brough Pres. Schism 519 We must hie away as we love our souls. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 1055 Thither..Accurst, and in a cursed hour, he [Satan] hies. 1714 Gay Sheph. Week Prol. 37 I'le hye with Glee To Court. 1787 F. Burney Diary 2 Feb., He shook his head at me..and hied downstairs. 1840 Dickens Barn. Rudge v, The locksmith..hied with all speed [to Southwark]. 1871 R. Ellis Catullus lxiii. 19 Thither hie ye thither away To the Phrygian home. |
† b. To hasten, make haste, use diligence or dispatch (to do something, or that something be done); to betake oneself quickly (to something).
| c 1250 Meid Maregrete lxiii, To don ham to deþe he hiede bileue. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1584 To henge þe harlotes he heȝed ful ofte. c 1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1916 Hye that thay were dyght. c 1450 Myrc 98 Teche the mydwyf that scho hye For to vndo hyre wyth a knyf. 1664 Flodden F. viii. 73 To handy stroaks they hyed apace. |
† c. To advance or come on quickly, hasten on; to ‘get on’, make progress; to speed, prosper.
| 13.. Sir Beues (A.) 1485 Of þat feste nel ich namor telle, For to hiȝe wiþ our spelle. c 1340 Cursor M. 4700 (Trin.) So þe wo bigon vp hye. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. iii. (Tollem. MS.), He wexeþ feble..and elde hyeþ wel faste. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1075 Whereof sum fruit wol targe and sum wol hie. c 1460 Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 95 Fayr falle thi growne, welle has thou hyde. 1581 Spenser Sheph. Cal. (ed. 2) Aug. 195 The night higheth [1579 nigheth] fast. 1608 Tourneur Rev. Trag. iii. iii. Wks. 1878 II. 74 O sir destruction hies. |
† d. to hie it. Obs.
| 1619 Bp. J. Williams Serm. Apparell (1620) 11 To heighe it abroad, to visit and to see. |
3. refl. = sense 2.
The refl. pron. was orig. a dative, as in OE. hi eodon heom they went them, hi fleoþ him they flee them, heo sæt hire she sat her.
| c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 258/59 Leoue sire, hiȝe þe hom. c 1300 Cursor M. 19771 (Edin.) And bad to þaim he suld him hii, Bot noȝt þai talde him resun qui. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3245 [Þai] hit hom into hauyn, as hom hap shope. 1587 Golding De Mornay xix. (1617) 335 We must hye vs thither. 1599 Shakes. Pass. Pilgr. xii, O, sweet shepherd, hie thee, For methinks thou stay'st too long. 1641 Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 59 Certainly wee ought to hie us from evill like a torrent. 1713 J. Warder True Amazons (ed. 2) 124 The Bees..high them home as fast as they can. 1854 Patmore Angel in Ho. i. 11. ix. (1879) 225 The foolish hie them post haste through. |
† b. = sense 2 b. Obs.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 15772 Þat þou sal do, þar-to nu hij þou þe. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxvi. 559 Now, lordes, hyghe you of that ye have to doo. c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxx. i, Lord, hie thee, me to save. 1649 R. Hodges Plain. Direct. 10 Thou hyest thee about thy work. |
† c. = sense 2 c. Obs.
| 1531 Elyot Gov. i. viii, That I haue well hyed me, to make of a noble man a mason or peynter. 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. cv. 704 When men come before a judge they thinke they haue hyed them well, if they may deceiue him. |
† 4. trans. To cause to hasten; to hasten, urge on, bring quickly; to drive away. Obs.
| c 1320 R. Brunne Medit. 573 Þey hye hym, and ho goþ withoutyn any stryfe. 1382 Wyclif Esther ii. 9 He shulde heȝen the wymmen enournyng. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 7326 Than gan he fast mercy crye, But [Clarionas] wold his deth hie. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 65 Anon they have hym hyed Unto the temple. 1563 Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 76 That quhilk wes neulie inuentit, suld be explodit, and hyit away. 1575 J. Still Gamm. Gurton ii. iii. in Hazl. Dodsley III. 204 A man is well hied to trust to thee. |
5. with advb. accusative; usually to hie one's way.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 5000 (Cott.) And hijd þam þar wai [Gött. hied þaim in þair way] ful suith. 1810 Scott Lady of L. i. x, On the hunter hied his way. 1853 G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 18 It hies its way down the valley. |
▪ II. † hie, hy, n. Obs.
Forms: 3 hih, hiȝ, 4 hi, hii, hij, hiȝe, hyȝe, hiy, (hey(e, hegh), 4–5 hie, high(e, 4–6 hy, hye, 5 hygh.
[f. hie v.1: cf. haste vb. and n. Obs. in Eng. bef. 1500, in Sc. soon after 1600.]
Haste, speed. Chiefly in phr. in hie, in haste, with haste, quickly, soon: often added merely for rime's sake.
| c 1200 Ormin 2686 Itt seȝȝþ þat Sannte Marȝe for Wiþþ mikell hih þatt weȝȝe. c 1275 XI Pains Hell 269 in O.E. Misc. 230 Aftur schal Mihel lede him in hiȝ To paradys to oþur holi. a 1300 Cursor M. 1275 Quedir þat I sal haue it in hij [v.rr. hye, hey; rime merci]. a 1340 Hampole Psalter i. 1 He..þat has swa gret hegh on his way. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9532 ‘Sir’, he seid, ‘I haue grete high, Toward Ynde I most nede’. c 1470 Harding Chron. xxvii. i, Wherfore he wente vnto Ragan in hye. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 577 Of his harnes in hy he hynt. 1572 Satir. Poems Reform. xxxiii. 323 With speid thay ran in hy. a 1605 Montgomerie Misc. Poems lii. 46 The quhilk but dowt wil be my deid In hy. |
Hence † hieful a., speedy, hasty, quick, prompt.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 302 Schrift schal beon..ofte imaked, hihful, edmod. |
▪ III. hie, high, int. Sc. and north. dial.
[Cf. hi int.]
The call to a horse to turn to the left: the opposite of hup.
| 1825 Jamieson, Hie Wo, a phrase addressed to horses when the driver wishes them to incline to the left, Roxb. 1851 H. Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 160/1 (Language to horses) To come towards you. Hie is used in all the border counties of England and Scotland; Hie here, come ather, are common in the midland counties of Scotland. 1863 Morton Cycl. Agric. Gloss. (E.D.S.) 148 To right, Hupp; To left, Hie. |
Hence hie v.2 trans., to direct a horse to the left (by this call).
| 1851 H. Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 181/2 Hupping the horses constantly from you, until about half the division is ploughed, and then hieing them towards you. Ibid. I. 177/2 By hieing the horses towards him. |
▪ IV. hie
see he, heo, hi prons.
▪ V. hie
obs. f. high a. and v.