hie
verb
- go, change location
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /haɪ/
intj
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, 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”).
- A call to turn a horse to the left.
verb
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, 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”).
- 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.”
- To hurry (oneself).
“My husband hies him home.”
“Some have conjectured hastily that all Southerners in town hie themselves to cafés at nightfall.”
- To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".