hie

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English

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.

Translations

to go in haste

• Finnish: kiirehtiä (fi), kiiruhtaa (fi)
• French: se hâter (fr), se dépêcher (fr)
• German: eilen (de)

• Italian: affrettarsi (it)
• Russian: спешить (ru) (spešitʹ), торопи́ться (ru) (toropítʹsja)
• Spanish: apresurarse (es), darse prisa

to hurry (oneself)

• Spanish: apresurarse (es), darse prisa

Noun

hie (plural hies)

1. Haste; diligence.

Translations

haste

• Finnish: kiire (fi)
• French: hâte (fr), précipitation (fr)
• Italian: fretta (it)

• Russian: спе́шка (ru) f (spéška)
• Spanish: prisa (es)

References

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

Anagrams

• hei

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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

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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

• hei

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French

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).

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German

Etymology

From Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar.

Adverb

hie

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• hiebei
• hiedurch
• hiefür
• hiegegen
• hieher
• hienach
• hieoben
• hiesig
• hieunten
• hievon

 

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Manx

Verb

hie

1. past of immee

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

hie

1. Alternative form of he

References

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hie

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

References

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

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hie

1. Alternative form of heo

References

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

Etymology 4

From Old English hīe, hī.

Pronoun

hie

1. Alternative form of he

References

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

Etymology 5

From Old English hīġian.

Verb

hie

1. Alternative form of hien

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Middle Low German

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

hie

1. Alternative form of hê.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From earlier hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

hie

1. he

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “hi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

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

Descendants

• English: 'em

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hie

1. he