Middle English Dictionary Entry
hīen v.
Entry Info
Forms | hīen v. Also hi(e, hij, hiȝ(e(n, hiȝie, hiȝhen, high(e, hihe(n, hihi(n, hihȝen & heie, he, heij, heȝe(n, heiȝ(e, heigh & (error) highth. Forms: p. hīed(e, hīet, hīd(e, hīt, hijd, hīȝed(e, hīghed(e, hīghet, hīhede, hieȝde, hieȝed, (?error) hiȝt & heied, heide, hẹ̄d(e, hedde, hẹ̄ȝed(e, heiȝed(e, hæiȝede; ppl. i)hīed, hīet, hīd(e, i)hīȝed. |
Etymology | OE hīgian. Forms with e)i may be due to confusion with heien v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To go quickly, travel rapidly, hurry (to or from a place or person); (b) refl. to betake oneself quickly, hurry; (c) ~ wei, to make (one's) way speedily; (d) fig. to hasten (to heaven, from earth, to one's end), die; of fruit: ripen quickly; of smoke: blow away, vanish; of a time, season, condition, old age, vengeance, etc.: come quickly; hit to hervest hiede, it was near the harvest season.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 113)21 : Acofstlice efstað: swuðe hiȝeð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2317 : Alle heo hiȝeden to, an elcher halfe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4732 : Belin..hæiȝede him to-ȝeines.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)411 : He..het ham hihin toward him.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)16248 : He hiȝede swiþe and wende toward Scottes.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)190/34 : Go..in-to þe toun and to Iudases hous þov hiȝe [Corp-C: hie].
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)244 : Þe quellares heo bad hiȝen [Hrl: hiȝie] faste, and ne a-biden nouȝt to longe.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11281 : He..wende him vor wraþþe aȝen so quic so he miȝte hie.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1797 : Swiþe he heiȝed wiþ al his men.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2280 : Alle hieȝden hastily on hors & on fote.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1106 : Þe Sarazyns prykyaþ faste away as harde as þay may hye.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.24.29 : Laban..hying ȝede out to þe man.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 2.16 : And thei hyȝinge camen and founden Marie and Joseph, and a ȝong child put in a cracche.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2274 : Emelye..to the temple of Diane gan hye.
- c1390 Bi west (Vrn)7 : Þer haukes, vn-to heore pray þei hyde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2233 : Als faste as evere he mihte him spiede, He hyeth after in a throwe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21278 : Þe first [wheel] it gas, þe toþer it hise [Frf: hyes; Trin-C: doþ hiȝe].
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)1778 : He takeþ his ost and forth he hyeth [vr. heyes].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5124 : Þe kyng..gan þider hyȝen swiþe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)538 : Þe hole-foted fowle to þe flod hyȝez.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)23.136 : To þe arches in haste he hyede a-non after.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3223 : She was to slouh homward forto hie.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.489 : If we hennes hye Thus sodeynly, I holde it vilanye.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201)p.387 : Þuderward he heyde vaste.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)961 : Glad was he to londe for to hye.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)102/8 : Criste..to þe cros hyde.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3296 : Þe Archebysshop folewode þe kyng Knoude euermore & prechede hym þe lawe of gode algate where-euer he hede [rime: seynt Ede].
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3750 : Ouȝt of þat chapelle in gret hast he hedde, In to a fayre medwe þe whyche was þere-byside.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1163 : Jason..and Joly knightes moo, with all the here þat þei hade, highet belyue.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)6906 : He to þi husband.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)58 : Mony hundrid hende men highide þider sone.
- ?c1500 It fell ageyns (Roy 19.B.4)15 : Oowte yede men as they myght heye.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)48/30 : Leof, hihe þe to me.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)34 : From asie to auntioge..he hiede him biliue.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)961 : Mi leue sone, hiȝe þe swiþe.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)471 : He hiȝede him to þe hurste.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1051 : For-þi hasteli boþe, heiȝe ȝou asunder.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1586 : He hiȝed him hastely & hent him in his armes.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2234 : Þei hieȝed hem þider.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4731 : Hasteliche heȝede he him to þe ȝeate.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.307 : Hunger hiderward aȝeyn hiȝeþ [vrr. hyeth, heyeth, hastiþ] him ȝeorne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3995 : The lond of Crete..Sche soughte, and faste gan hire hye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1295 : Go forth thy wey and hy the.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19771 : Þe cristen..praid þat he suld him heij [Göt: hij; Trin-C: hy].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2121 : I schal hyȝ me hom aȝayn.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)912 : Þerfore heygh we us heyne.
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)126 : I was enclyned..thidir for to hye me.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)58 : Whan þei han ronne so awhile, þei han hyed hem so fast þat þei be relinxed and breeþles.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4052 : Iason and I schal vs faste hye To þe cite.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)14/89 : Sir Philip of Fraunce fled for dout, And hied him hame with all his rout.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2556 : He hies him unto hir ful hard.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2744 : They will hye theym hyen.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)12/26 : Alexander..hyed hym faste toward þe kynges palace.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)291 : Kyng Etheldrede heyȝede hym fulle fast.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6023 : Þe Duke off Ostrych hyyd [vrr. highed, heyid, hyed] hym faste.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10173 : All..ffell to the flight and the feld leuyt, Hyet hom hedlynges.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3214 : Þai heȝe þaim to holes & hyrnes & hydis þaim belyue.
- (1461) Paston (Gairdner)3.276 : Ye had nede higth you to London.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)149/15 : Hyghe the faste and fecche me the swerde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)368/378 : Hye you hens, harlotys, at-onys.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)4190 : On huntyng high you rathe!
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)4617 : The kyng awayward heed hym faste.
- a1500 Why sittist thou (Ryl Lat 395)17 : I will high me A-paas To the Chirche.
c
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Pilgr.(Phys-E)p.53 : Twas a man..That til sain Iamis hit [Vrn: hiȝt] the way.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5000 : Þair leue þai laght..And hijd þam þar wai ful suith.
d
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)105 : Ure wununge is on heuene; þider we sculen hihȝen of þissere erfeðnesse.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)50/23 : Ȝe schulen gasteliche iseon þe blissen of heouene, þe ontenden ower heorte to hihin [Nero: hien] ham toward.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)21 : Toward his ende he hyeþ blyue, & lutle hwile he her ilest.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.32.35 : Nyȝ is þe day of perdycioun, & to be nyȝ hyȝyn þe tymys.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.287 : Til hit to heruest hiȝede [Trin-C: neiȝide].
- c1390 In a Pistel (Vrn)64 : Knowe þiself, þat þou schalt dye..Eueri day þou hiȝest þe henne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)40a/b : Whanne he falleþ to age, he wexith febil by a liȝt cause, and elde hieþ wel faste.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)33 : Hyȝ not to heven in haterez totorne.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)521 : Þen hyȝes heruest & hardenes hym sone.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.320 : My spirit, which that so unto yow hieth, Receyve in gree.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)570 : For my lijf-dayes are liyk smoke That faylide and a-weyward hyȝede.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)93a/b : Þai [vlcerez of þe hanchez] ar..coeuered or defended fro þe aier, to which hieþ or hastieþ putrifaccioun.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)62/16 : All erthly þingis itt [a true soul] settis at noght, qwhils it so hyes to endles Ioys.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1075 : Fructifing wodes..Wherof sum fruit wol targe & sum wol hie.
- a1450(?1404) As þe see (Dgb 102)115 : God biddeþ vengeaunce hiȝe And helpe trouþe be wel wroken.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)410 : Þat tyme hyede þo sone after þat fulle fast.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.14 : Vnwarly age comyth on me hastely, Hyeng on me for harme þat I haue had.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.321 : Present it is, þe tyme ago is past; To tyme comynge hyeþ it full fast.
2.
(a) To act quickly, be in a hurry, be diligent; hurry (to play), apply oneself (to a task); hie the nought, do not be in a hurry; wel hast thou hied, you have applied yourself well, you have succeeded; -- also refl.; (b) with inf. or inf. phr.: to work quickly or diligently (to do or be sth.); strive (to do sth.); try or desire strongly (to do sth.); (c) with that or so that cl.: to work quickly or diligently (that sth. may be done or happen); (d) with and: to hurry and (do sth.), get (sth. done) speedily; (e) ~ to, to strive for (sth.), aim at; (f) ppl. hiende as noun: haste, speed; an hiende, in haste, quickly, at once.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Marg.(Hrl 2277)267 : Heo bad þe quellere ȝeue hire furst to bidde hire bede, So þet malcus ȝaf hire furst & bad hire hiȝie faste.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)735 : 'Gij,' seyd Felice, 'heye [Cai: haste] þe nouȝt; Ȝete hastow no þing of armes y-wrouȝt?'
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.15.4 : Ther ben multiplied the infirmytes of hem, aftirward thei heeȝeden to [WB(2): hastiden; L acceleraverunt].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15772 : Þat þou sal do, þar-to nu hij þou þe.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)8020 : Geder þin hoost to gider, hi.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)15.3 : After þa þan highed þai.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.157 : She gan hire eyen on hym caste Ful esily and ful debonairly Avysyng hire, and hied nought to faste.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)193 : The litel conyes to here play gonne hye.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.242 : By tyme vpon thy werk in vynys hie.
- a1450(a1401) Chastising GC (Bod 505)220/23 : If þei hiȝen hem, wilfulli and wiþoute resonable cause..þei bien necligent of goddis seruice.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1553 : Thow moste aspye -- And hastylich thou most hye -- A fayr lady of colour bryght For to lygge by me a-nyght.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3631 : The day is short, the work is long; sir hanyball, ye mut hy.
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.160 : I wold ȝe schuld do Rychard Calle hye hym of makeng of alle the acountes.
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)139 : Do hem to deth, And i shall do þe swych a turne -- and þou þe tyte hyȝe -- That þe shall lyke ryȝte wele þe terme of þy lyue.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)114/432 : Fayr fall thi growne; well has thou hyde [rime: abyde].
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2723 : Birrþ uss hiȝhenn her To cwemenn Crist o life.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1381 : Hwi ne hihe [vr. hihi] we for to beon ifulhet?
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)251 : To don ham to deþe, he hiede biliue.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2200 : Heo ne dorsten nouȝt so longue for-to þat bodi i-wasche were, Al ongreiþet to leggen it In heiȝeden bliue for fere.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.9.9 : Tech the riȝtwis man, and he shall heeȝe to take.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Thes.2.17 : We desolat fro ȝou..han hiȝed for to se ȝoure face with greet desyr.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1288 : Bot forto ben a conquerour..Thou hiest evere aliche faste.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1084 : I wol me hye To tellen thyn vnwit and thy folye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1151 : This chanoun..bad hym hye, The coles for to couchen al aboue The crosselet.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)69.1 : Lauerd, to helpe me high þou þe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1584 : To henge þe harlotes he heȝed ful ofte.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)217 : Haþeles hyȝed in haste wyth ores ful longe..on sydez to rowe.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Thes.2.17 : We..hafeþ muche y-hyȝed to sen ȝoure vysage.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Priesthood (Corp-C 296)173 : Þei hiȝen faste to be prestis.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)82/29 : It suld hy godis wyll to do.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)88a : Þei..hiȝeþ in alle wise to destroie hem þat ben not fulliche passed.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)210 : When þe fewlis bene founden, fawkoneres hyenn To lache oute thaire lessches.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.157 : Schortly for to schewe I schal me hyen.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)178/655 : Alisaunder hyeth him fast to here Of Ercules.
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)30.2 : Bowe to me þyn ere, and heiȝe þe þat þou deliure me of yuel.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.30.3 : Heeȝe that thou delyuere me.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.1.16 : The feet of hem to euel rennen, and heeȝen that thei sheden out blod.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1400 : She..bad the cokes that they sholde hem hye So that men myghte dyne and that anon.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)30.2 : Þat þou outake me high þe swiþe.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)1727 : Ȝeue me lyffe, þis to fulfille, And I schal hye..That hit were ydo.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1732 : He counseled þe werkmen hastyly to hye That þis cherch schuld sone be doo.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)393 : Thay hyeden that the childe were diȝt.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1916 : Let make the coffynys for the nones; Hye that thay were dyght.
d
- c1300 SLeg.Nich.(LdMisc 108)308 : Heiȝe and deliuere me.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)79/6 : Lord, hyȝe and help me fyȝte.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.18.6 : Hye & menge to gyþer þre half buschels of clene floure, & make loues baken vnder asken.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)90/20 : Zacheus, hyȝe þou fast & come doun.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3060 : And badde her heyȝe and make hurre alle redy.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3983 : To his seruand he prayde..Þat he suld hy him sone..And bere him to saint cuthbert graue.
e
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.11.237 : Yif ther be any thing to which that alle thinges tenden and hyen to, that thing muste ben the sovereyn good of alle goodes.
f
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5496 : Heo ȝærkeden..twa þusend rideres, and swiþe and hiȝende senden heom efter.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26054 : Arður him swende to an hiȝende mid his sweorde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30890 : Brien..bad hine an hihȝende comen to þissen londe.
3.
(a) To urge (sb.), make (sb.) hasten; drive (sb.); -- also refl.; (b) to bring or take (sb. or sth.) quickly; direct (one's mind); ~ in, haul up (anchor); (c) to speed up (a story, a worship service), hasten (an event).
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2171 : Ha..hihede ham to donne þet ham wes ihaten.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)153/19 : Ne ȝef þu him neauer inȝong, ah tep him o þe sculle..& hihe [Nero: hie] him swa þeoneward.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1482 : He prikede as swiþe as he miȝt hiȝe his hors.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1968 : Þan bad he a baroun buske to hire chaumber to hiȝen hire hastily to him for to come.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24358 : Wit spere þai stoked him wit wrang, þat ilk min hert it thoru stang And hyed [Göt: heied; Phys-E: hid] me til held.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)573 : Þey hye hym, and ho goþ withoutyn any stryfe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.655 : He wolde han hyed hire to bedde fayn.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)12b : Þe fulle paas of kniȝtis, ȝif þei ben hastliche yhiid, is foure and twenty myle in fyue oures.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4907 : Þe Sarezynes fledden..þey were so hyyd at þe spore, þat mekyl of here folk þey lore.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)19/3 : Þet godd þurh his mearci hihi [Nero: hiȝe] ham ut of pine to hare feolahredden.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.291 : The styward bit spices for to hye And eek the wyn.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20338 : Þaron hei þou þe thoght..Þat tai do me na vilete.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4605 : Hast you to saile; Sette furthe to þe se..Has harnes ouer hacche; highes in ancer.
c
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)1484 : Of þat feste nel ich namor telle, For to hiȝe wiþ oure spelle.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Esth.2.9 : Ester..pleside to hym..that he shulde heȝen the wymmen enournyng, and ȝeue to hir hir partis.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7326 : Than gan he fast mercy crye, But [Clarionas] wold his deth hie.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)1063 : Hath þy herte be wroth or gret When goddes serues was drawe on tret? Hast þow hyet hyt to þe ende Þat þou myȝtes hamward wende?
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1159 : Alle hiȝede to.
Note: New phrase: ~ to. We don't have the constr. with to adv., but seems analogous to gon to. Perh. new letter sense under 1. or attach it to (a) with b.f. & gloss--per MJW.