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Webster 1913 Edition

Hie

Hie

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hying
.]
[OE.
hien
,
hihen
,
highen
, AS.
higian
to hasten, strive; cf. L.
ciere
to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. [GREEK] to go, E.
cite
.]
To hasten; to go in haste; – also often with the reciprocal pronoun.
[Rare, except in poetry]
“My husband hies him home.”
Shak.
The youth, returning to his mistress,
hies
.
Dryden.

Hie

,
Noun.
Haste; diligence.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hie

HIE

, v.i.
1.
To hasten; to move or run with haste; to go in haste; a word chiefly used in poetry.
The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.
2.
With the reciprocal pronoun; as, hie thee home.

HIE

,
Noun.
Haste; diligence.

Definition 2024

hie

hie

English

Verb

hie ‎(third-person singular simple present hies, present participle hying or hieing, simple past and past participle hied)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
    • John Dryden
      The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.
  2. (reflexive, poetic) To hurry (oneself).
    • William Shakespeare
      My husband hies him home.

Translations

Noun

hie ‎(plural hies)

  1. Haste; diligence.

Translations

References

  • “hie” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *hi(i)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeh1-ieh2- 'shade, shadow'. Cognate to Ancient Greek σκιά ‎(skiá, “shade, shadow”), Tocharian B skio ‎(“shade, shadow”).

Noun

hie f

  1. shade, shadow

Finnish

Etymology

hioa ‎(“to grind, sand, polish”) >

Noun

hie

  1. microsection (extremely thin slice of stone, metal or other hard material prepared for microscopic inspection)
  2. (rare) the quality of grinding, degree of sharpness
    Kirveen terä on hyvässä hieessä.
    The blade of the ax is well ground. (i.e. sharp)

Declension

Inflection of hie (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative hie hieet
genitive hieen hieiden
hieitten
partitive hiettä hieitä
illative hieeseen hieisiin
hieihin
singular plural
nominative hie hieet
accusative nom. hie hieet
gen. hieen
genitive hieen hieiden
hieitten
partitive hiettä hieitä
inessive hieessä hieissä
elative hieestä hieistä
illative hieeseen hieisiin
hieihin
adessive hieellä hieillä
ablative hieeltä hieiltä
allative hieelle hieille
essive hieenä hieinä
translative hieeksi hieiksi
instructive — hiein
abessive hieettä hieittä
comitative — hieineen

Synonyms

  • (degree of sharpness): terä

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Dutch.

Pronunciation

Noun

hie f ‎(plural hies)

  1. stamping/ramming rod

Related terms

German

Etymology

From Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar.

Adverb

hie

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of hier ‎(“here”)

Usage notes

Derived terms

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • Stem vowel: ê⁴
    • IPA(key): /hiə/, /hiɛ/

Pronoun

hie

  1. Alternative form of hê.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From earlier hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

hie

  1. he

Descendants

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reflecting an earlier regularised form *hijai, from Proto-Germanic *hīz ‎(“these, these ones”), masculine plural of *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European *k'e-, *k'ey- ‎(“this, here”). Cognate with Old Frisian hia ‎(“they”), Old Saxon im ‎(“them”), Old Saxon iro ‎(“their”). More at hē.

Pronoun

hīe ‎(accusative hīe, genitive hiera, dative heom)

  1. they

Descendants

Etymology

From Middle English hien, hyen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīġian ‎(“to hie, hasten, strive”), 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”) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: hi, Hi, high

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