A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hie, v. [Var. of He v.] tr. To raise, exalt; ? to heighten, raise the level of. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 5882 (W).
His folk that [Fortune] … had hieyit on sic a wis a1500 Henr. III. 131/49.
In welthe be meik, hie not thi selffe1684 Jervise Memor. Angus & Mearns II. 299.
To Alexr Adam measson to hie the stons for the use of the croce
