hyen

English edit

Etymology edit

French hyène.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪən/

Noun edit

hyen (plural hyens)

(obsolete) A hyena.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  I will laugh like a hyen.
- 1900, Edwin Markham, The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (poem), The Toilers:
  Their blind feet drift in the darkness, and no one is leading;
  Their toil is the pasture, where hyens and harpies are feeding

References edit

“hyen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams edit

Heyn

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English hīgian, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhiːən/, /ˈhɛi̯ən/

Verb edit

hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyende, hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)

to hie (travel at great speed or with great haste)
to do with haste or speedily; to do when needed
to do with care or fervour; to make a earnest attempt
to make fast; to hurry or expedite someone (including oneself)
(figurative) to disappear; to pass away

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of hyen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) hyen, hye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hye	hyed
2nd-person singular	hyest	hyedest
3rd-person singular	hyeth	hyed
subjunctive singular	hye	hyed
imperative singular	hye	—

plural¹	hyen, hye	hyeden, hyede
imperative plural	hyeth, hye	—

participles	hyynge, hyende	hyed, yhyed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Alternative forms edit

hy, hye, hyȝ, hyȝe, hyȝen, hyȝye, hyȝhen, hygh, hyghe, hyghen, heye, he, heȝe, heȝen, heyȝ, heyȝe, heyȝen, heygh, hien, hi, hie, hiȝ, hiȝe, hiȝen, hiȝie, hiȝhen, high, highe, highen, heie, heiȝ, heiȝe, heiȝen, heigh, hihe, hihen, hihi, hihin, hihȝen, heeȝen

Derived terms edit

hye

Descendants edit

English: hie
Scots: hie

References edit

“hīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

hyen (plural hyenen)

Alternative form of hyne (“household”)

Etymology 3 edit

Adverb edit

hyen

Alternative form of henne (“hence”)

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyende, hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)

Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)