Hie
/haɪ/noun
To go or move quickly; hurry.
Did you know?Hie comes from Old English and was once a common everyday command for haste, surviving today mostly in archaic or poetic phrases like “hie thee hence.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*haiwjaną
“to hasten or hurry”
Old English
OE
hīgian
“to strive, hasten, or make haste”
Middle English
ME
hien
“to hurry, hasten”
Early Modern English
English
hie
“to go quickly; hasten”
Modern English
English
hie
“to hurry or move quickly, usually in literary or archaic usage”