# hie

Pronunciation: say "HY" /haɪ/

## Verb

1. To go quickly; to hurry, often used with oneself, as in 'hie yourself home'. *(literary)*
   - Simple: To hurry or go somewhere quickly.
   - _You should hie yourself to the station before the last train leaves._
   - _He hied himself upstairs at the sound of his mother's voice._

## Other meanings

- (interjection) Called out to a working horse as a signal to turn left.
- (verb) To direct a working horse to turn left by calling out the command "hie" to it.

## Origin

From Middle English hien, from Old English hīgian ("to hie, hasten, strive"), going back through Proto-Germanic *hīgōną ("to breathe, snort") to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "swift, fierce." It is related to Dutch hijgen ("to pant") and German heichen ("to gasp"), and perhaps to Latin cieō ("set in motion") and Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, "to move").

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