Middle English Dictionary Entry
hīing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | hīing(e ger. Also hiȝingue. |
| Etymology | OE hīgung |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hien v.
1.
(a) Haste; in (an, on, with) ~, in haste, at once, soon; (b) rapid motion, hurrying; on (an) ~, swiftly, rapidly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2358 : He..hehte hine..þar an hiȝinge..makian an eorð-hus.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)32041 : Nu to scipe an hiȝing!
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)426 : 'Do hine awey,' hi gredden, 'an-hong an hying!'
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)5496 : Hii ȝarkede reȝe two hundred ridares and swiþe an hiȝinge sende ȝam after.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)26228 : Þar feng mani hond to; an hiȝeng hit was ido.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3204 : After him he sent an heiȝeing.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)2232 : Whan he hereþ þat tiding, Þeder a wile an hiȝing [vr. wyth great hastynge].
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)220 : Go..on heiȝing & feche it hider.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.13.50 : The peple turned aȝein with hiȝyng [WB(2): haaste].
- c1390 RSicily (Vrn)94 : Þe Kyng..bad hym come in hiȝing, Anon þe ȝates vp to do.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7528 : The Soudon seid in grete highing, 'Lete fecch hidre my doghtre dere.'
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)149 : Kyng Henry lyȝte in hyyng [vr. with grete hiynge].
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6379 : He wolde..come agayn in hyyng [vrr. in his hyghynge, on heiing, on hyenge].
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)174/438a : Whenne þey were gedered on gret hyyng, They com to troye be-fore þe kyng.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)208/1761a : Thus he bad fast on hyeng.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1358 : And syre Olyuer, on hying, A scharp spere gan hym bryngge.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1939 : Tandylyf, a strong Castel, to the Iercos, he ȝaue hyt yche-a-del Ryȝt in grete hyynges.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)511 : He wrowȝte hyt yn hyȝynge And sente hyt to hys lorde þe kynge.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)779 : He hehte all his men..an hihinga faren to þan kinge.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9330 : Mid muchelen hiȝinge [Otho: hiȝenge] he leup to þan dæde kinge.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)436 : It of-þouȝhte heom sore, heore hiȝingue þuder so faste.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)224 : Þider ȝhe wente on heying An sette þe cradel at his dore.
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)501 : Vernagu an heyȝeing Vnder his arm him hent.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2440 : What of here hard heiȝing & of þe hote weder, Meliors was al mat; sche ne miȝt no furþer.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.43.24 : Medecyne of alle thingus in the heeȝyng [WB(2): haasting; L festinatione] of the litle cloude.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)239 : Hyynge, or hastynge: Festinacio, festinancia, properacio.
- 1448-a1500 Rich.(b-version:Brunner)113/27 : Wende in an hyyng And sey þus to my lorde the kyng.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)64/3 : And the cause of this ij womenis hyenge to the festwarde was knowen, and how thei wolde goo the shortest way.
- c1460 Chaucer TC (Hrl 1239)3.1441 : Thurgh thy Rakel hying oute of Troie, haue I for-gon thus hastely my Ioye.