† hiehyn.
Obsolete.
Haste, speed. Chiefly in in hie, in haste, with haste, quickly, soon: often added merely for rhyme's sake.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste
hiec1175
hightc1225
rapa1250
hyingc1275
rape?a1300
rekec1330
hastiheada1393
pressa1393
hastea1400
unhonea1400
racec1400
gethea1500
festination1541
festinancy1660
hurry1692
festinance1727
scurry1823
rush1849
jildi1890
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > urgent
hiec1175
rape?a1300
hastec1300
ragec1400
post-haste1545
post expedition1546
burn1835
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2686 Itt seȝȝþ þatt sannte marȝe for. Wiþþ mikell hih þatt weȝȝe.
c1275 XI Pains Hell 269 in Old Eng. Misc. 230 Aftur schal Mihel lede him in hiȝ To paradys to oþur holi.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1275 Quedir þat I sal haue it in hij [v.rr. hye, hey; rhyme merci].
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 1 He..þat has swa gret hegh on his way.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9532 ‘Sir’, he seid, ‘I haue grete high, Toward Ynde I most nede’.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xxvii. i Wherfore he wente vnto Ragan in hye.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 577 Of his harnes in hy he hynt.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 323 With speid thay ran in hy.
a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems lii. 46 The quhilk but dowt wil be my deid In hy.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adjective] > early or quick
hiefulc1230
timelya1382
timefulc1384
soona1400
mature1600
verty1804
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective]
hiefulc1230
hastyc1330
swift1340
graithfula1400
yedera1400
short1480
speedy1529
expedite1540
quick1548
postingc1553
hasting1566
rushing1694
nimble1707
presto1767
presto change1835
quick-action1887
presto changeo1923
knife-edge1969
light speed1987
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 156 Schrift schal beo..Ofte imaket. Hihful. Eadmod.
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hiev.1
/hʌɪ/, U.S. /haɪ/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle
hiec888
to stand inc1175
wrag?c1225
wrestle?c1225
stretcha1375
strivec1384
pressc1390
hitc1400
wring1470
fend15..
battle1502
contend?1518
reluct1526
flichter1528
touse1542
struggle1597
to lay in1599
strain?1606
stickle1613
fork1681
sprattle1786
buffet1824
fight1859
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxx. §1 Higaþ ealle mægne ðæt he wold..gefon.
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxii. 169 He sceal simle higian ðæt he weorþe..geedniwad.
971 Blickl. Hom. 29 Þa þe he gesyhþ to Gode higian.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2723 Forr þi birþ uss hiȝhenn her. To cwemenn crist o life.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 74 Ȝe schule gastliche iseon þe blissen of heouene þe ontende ouwer heorten to hiȝen ham towart.
2. † b. To hasten, make haste, use diligence or dispatch (to do something, or that something be done); to betake oneself quickly (to something).† c. To advance or come on quickly, hasten on; to ‘get on’, make progress; to speed, prosper.† d. to hie it. Obsolete.
a. To hasten, speed, go quickly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed
rempeOE
fuseOE
rakeOE
hiec1175
i-fusec1275
rekec1275
hastec1300
pellc1300
platc1300
startc1300
buskc1330
rapc1330
rapec1330
skip1338
firk1340
chase1377
raikc1390
to hie one's waya1400
catchc1400
start?a1505
spur1513
hasten1534
to make speed1548
post1553
hurry1602
scud1602
curry1608
to put on?1611
properate1623
post-haste1628
whirryc1630
dust1650
kite1854
to get a move on1888
to hump it1888
belt1890
to get (or put) one's skates on1895
hotfoot1896
to rattle one's dags1968
shimmy1969
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 105 Þider we sculen hihȝen.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1159 Alle heo hiȝeden [c1300 Otho hiȝede] to.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 544 So quic so he miȝte hie.
c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 623 She ran þan þurgh hem, and hastyly hyde.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xviii. 6 Abraham hyede [a1425 L.V. hastide] into the tabernacle.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21278 Þe queles ar draun diuerse wise, þe first it gas, þe toþer it hise [Fairf. hyes].
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 33 Hyȝ not to heuen in hatere to-torne.
c1420 Chron. Vilod. st. 474 Aryse up my collour my frend, and heyȝe.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxi. 254 They sesyd of wepyng, and hijd to the castell.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3893 [Was] neuer hatfull to hym to hygh into batell.
1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. I.vv Into the Hall with haste he hyes.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 138 Hie to your chamber, Ile find Romeo To comfort you. View more context for this quotation
1652 W. Brough Preservative against Schisme in Sacred Princ. 3 We must hie away (as we love our soules).
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 1055 Thither..Accurst, and in a cursed hour he [sc. Satan] hies . View more context for this quotation
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week Prol. 37 I'll hye with Glee To Court.
1787 F. Burney Diary 2 Feb. (1842) III. 316 He shook his head at me..and hied down stairs.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge v. 261 The locksmith..hied with all speed [to Southwark].
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 19 Thither hie ye thither away To the Phrygian home.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry
hiec1250
skelta1400
hasty?a1425
hasten1534
festinate1652
to look sharp1680
to make play1799
hurry-scurry1809
to tumble up1826
crowd1838
rush1859
hurry1871
to get a move on1888
hurry and scurry1889
to buck up1890
to get a hump on1892
to get a wiggle on1896
to shake a leg1904
to smack it about1914
flurry1917
to step on it (her)1923
to make it snappy1926
jildi1930
to get an iggri on1946
ert-
c1250 Meid Maregrete lxiii To don ham to deþe he hiede bileue.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1584 To henge þe harlotes he heȝed ful ofte.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1916 Hye that thay were dyght.
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 98 Teche the mydwyf that scho hye For to vndo hyre wyth a knyf.
1664 Floddan Field viii. 73 To handy stroaks they hyed apace.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)]
lakeOE
flyOE
runOE
scour13..
jace1393
hie1398
spina1400
fleetc1400
glentc1400
stripc1400
suea1450
carryc1450
speed1488
scud1532
streek1598
winga1616
to clip it1616
hackney1617
swifta1618
whirryc1630
dust1673
whew1684
race1702
stroke1735
cut1797
spank1807
skid1815
speela1818
crack1824
skimmer1824
slap1827
clip1832
skeet1838
marvel1841
lick1850
travel1850
rush1852
zip1852
sail1876
rabbit1887
move1906
high-tail1908
to ball the jack1914
buzz1914
shift1922
giddap1938
burn1942
hoosh1943
bomb1966
shred1977
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress > make rapid progress
hie1398
to shoot on1871
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) v. iii He wexeþ feble..and elde hyeþ wel faste.
a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 1485 Of þat feste nel ich namor telle, For to hiȝe wiþ our spelle.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4700 So þe wo bigon vp hye.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1075 Whereof sum fruit wol targe and sum wol hie.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 123 Fayr fall this growne! Well has thou hyde.
1581 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. (new ed.) Aug. 195 The night higheth [1579 nigheth] fast.
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. E3v O sir, destruction hies.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > speedily
rakeOE
rekec1275
raikc1390
richc1400
freck1513
to hie it1620
whidc1730
scoot1758
spank1807
kilt1816
nip1825
slip1864
breeze1907
bomb1966
1620 Abp. J. Williams Serm. Apparell 11 To heighe it abroad, to visit and to see.
3. † b. = sense 2b. Obsolete.† c. = sense 2c. Obsolete.
a. reflexive. = sense 2.The reflexive pronoun was originally a dative, as in Old English hi eodon heom they went them, hi fleoþ him they flee them, heo sæt hire she sat her.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (reflexive)] > speedily
hiec1290
rapea1325
buska1375
speeda1375
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 258/59 Leoue sire, hiȝe þe hom.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19771 And bad to þaim he suld him hii, Bot noȝt þai talde him resun qui.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3245 [Þai] hit hom into hauyn, as hom hap shope.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xix. 347 We must hye vs thither.
1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. B6 Oh sweet Shepheard hie thee: For me thinks thou staies too long.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 75 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.
1858 C. Patmore Espousals x, in Angel in House (ed. 2) II. 272 The foolish hie them post-haste through.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > act quickly [verb (reflexive)] > make haste
speed1390
hiea1400
hasty?a1425
enhaste1430
delivera1475
press1489
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15772 Þat þou sal do, þar-to nu hij þou þe.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 559 Now, lordes, hyghe you of that ye have to doo.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxx. 1 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 85 Lord hy thee me to saue.
1649 R. Hodges Plainest Direct. 10 Thou hyest thee about thy work.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance [verb (reflexive)]
hie1531
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (reflexive)] > move swiftly and urgently
rapea1325
speed1390
behiea1400
hie1531
prest1581
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. viii. sig. Cviiiv That I haue well hyed me, to make of a noble man a mason or peynter.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cv. 704 When men come before a judge they thinke they haue hyed them well, if they may deceiue him.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry
hiec1320
skinda1325
rape?a1400
acceleratec1522
hasten?1537
precipitate1558
swiften1638
hurry1713
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away
feezec890
adriveeOE
aflemeeOE
off-driveeOE
flemeOE
withdrivec1000
adreveOE
to drive outOE
biwevea1300
chasec1300
void13..
catcha1325
firk1340
enchasec1380
huntc1385
to catch awayc1390
forcatch1393
to put offa1398
to cast awaya1400
to put outc1400
repel?a1439
exterminate1541
chasten1548
propulse1548
keir1562
hie1563
depulse1570
band1580
bandy1591
flit1595
ferret1601
profugate1603
extermine1634
c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 573 Þey hye hym, and ho goþ withoutyn any stryfe.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther ii. 9 He shulde heȝen the wymmen enournyng.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 7326 Than gan he fast mercy crye, But [Clarionas] wold his deth hie.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 65 Anon they have hym hyed Unto the temple.
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 76 That quhilk wes neulie inuentit, suld be explodit, and hyit away.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. Ci A man is wel hied to trust to thee.
5. with adverb accusative; usually to hie one's way.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed
rempeOE
fuseOE
rakeOE
hiec1175
i-fusec1275
rekec1275
hastec1300
pellc1300
platc1300
startc1300
buskc1330
rapc1330
rapec1330
skip1338
firk1340
chase1377
raikc1390
to hie one's waya1400
catchc1400
start?a1505
spur1513
hasten1534
to make speed1548
post1553
hurry1602
scud1602
curry1608
to put on?1611
properate1623
post-haste1628
whirryc1630
dust1650
kite1854
to get a move on1888
to hump it1888
belt1890
to get (or put) one's skates on1895
hotfoot1896
to rattle one's dags1968
shimmy1969
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5000 And hijd þam þar wai [Gött. hied þaim in þair way] ful suith.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 13 On the hunter hied his pace.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 18 It hies its way down the valley.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
hiehighint.
/hʌɪ/, U.S. /haɪ/, Scottish English /haɪ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
The call to a horse to turn to the left: the opposite of hup.
ΚΠ
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Hie Wo, a phrase addressed to horses, when the driver wishes them to incline to the left.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of 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 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. 148 To right, Hupp; To left, Hie.
Derivatives
hie v.2 (transitive) to direct a horse to the left (by this call).
ΚΠ
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of 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.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 177/2 By hieing the horses towards him.
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n.c1175
v.1c888
int.1825- partisanized
- partisanlike
- partisanly
- partisanry
- partisans
- partisanship
- partisanships
- partising
- partita
- partitas
- partite
- partited
- partition
- partition balk
- partition beam
- partition chromatogram
- partition chromatographic
- partition chromatography
- partition coefficient
- partition fence
- partition function
- partition line
- partition treaty
- partition wall
- partitional