hie

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

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.

Noun

hie (plural hies)

1. Haste; diligence.

References

• “hie” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

• hei

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

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)

Anagrams

• hei

Etymology

From Dutch.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /i/
• Homophones: y, hies, hient

Noun

hie f (plural hies)

1. stamping/ramming rod

Related terms

• hier

Further reading

• “hie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar.

Adverb

hie

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

Verb

hie

1. past of immee

Etymology 1

From Old English hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

From Old English hīe, hī.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

hie

1. Alternative form of hê.

Etymology

From earlier hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

hie

1. he

Alternative forms

• hī, hiġ

Etymology

Reflecting an earlier regularised form *hijai, from Proto-Germanic *hīz (“these, these ones”), masculine plural of *hiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːy/

Pronoun

hīe (accusative hīe, genitive hiera, dative heom)

1. they