hie

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”).

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

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.

hie (plural hies)

1. Haste; diligence.

• “hie” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• hei

hie f (indefinite plural hie, definite singular hia, definite plural hiet)

1. Alternative form of hije

hioa (“to grind, sand, polish”) >

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)

• (degree of sharpness): terä

• hei

From Dutch.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /i/

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• Homophones: y, hies, hient

hie f (plural hies)

1. stamping/ramming rod

• hier

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

From Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar.

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hie

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

• The form is still used in the literary expression hie und da, alongside normal hier und da.

• IPA^(key): /hiː/

hie

1. here

   Er is fun hie.

   He is from here.

• do
• hier

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

hie

1. past of immee

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

hie

1. Alternative form of he

• “he, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

hie

1. (chiefly southern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of ye

• “ye, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 May 2018.

hie

1. Alternative form of heo

• “he, pron. (2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.

From Old English hīe, hī.

hie

1. Alternative form of he

• “he, pron. (3)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

From Old English hīġian.

hie

1. Alternative form of hien

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

hie

1. Alternative form of hê.

From earlier hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

hie

1. he

• Middle Dutch: hi
  • Dutch: hij
  • Limburgish: hae

• “hi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• hī, hiġ

• IPA^(key): /hiːy/

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

hīe (accusative hīe, genitive hiera, dative heom)

1. they

hīe

1. accusative of hēo: her

From Old Frisian hī, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe.

hie

1. he