hie
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hie
- /haɪ/
Sounds like hi, Hi, high · Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
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”).
verb hies · hying · hieing · hied · heye
- To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. But after her lover Amyntas hied.
- To hurry (oneself). My husband hies him home.
- To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".
interjection heye · high
- A call to turn a horse to the left.
