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Hy, n. Also: hye. [ME. high, hie, hy(e (14th c.), hij, hiȝ, early hih (c 1200), f. Hy,v. Only in verse. In Eng. obsol. before 1500.] Haste, speed. a. In (rarely, into) hy, in haste, hastily, speedily.Very common in early poetry, sometimes initially or within the line, but much more frequently used as a rhyme-tag, e.g. especially by Douglas.(1) 1375 Barb. ii. 565.
His men in hy he gert be dycht Ib. xvii. 674.
In hye he gert draw the cleket Ib. xiii. 70.
In hy apon thame can he ryde c1420 Wynt. ii. 691.
In hy than gert he schyppys thre Wytht armyt men sone stuffyt be Ib. v. 2051.
Thai twa Passyd in hy till Pontyane ?1438 Alex. i. 1895.
The maist preuit of his barnye, … in hy callit he 1535 Stewart 57509.
‘Go hence’, he said, ‘ilkone in hy fro me’ c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii. 183.
We counsall ȝow withouten mair abaid … Ȝe pas in hy vnto the nobillis nyne a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxxx. 56.
In hy eftir that heynd I ȝeid(2) 1375 Barb. i. 183.
To Scotland went he than in hy Ib. v. 459.
The tithandis … Com to the Cliffurdis ere in hy a1400 Leg. S. ii. 412.
For-thy Gret multitud gadderit in hy Ib. xxxii. 590.
Cypriane, gange hyne in hy c1420 Wynt. ii. 413.
He … buskyt hym delyverly In Egipt for to pas in hy Ib. viii. 4797.
Hys hors till hym thai browcht in hy ?1438 Alex. ii. 5591.
His hart in ire was hate in hy c1475 Wall. iii. 73.
He … syne went to thaim in hye a1500 Seven S. 2061.
He … clam wp in hy And fand the hole 1513 Doug. i. v. 130.
He … to the cuntre of Liby come in hy Ib. ii. vi. 53.
With thir wordis he answerd me in hy 1535 Stewart 19967.
On kneis bair doun … scho fell in hy c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iii. 501.
To hir mother scho past … To haif counsall, the quhilk scho gat in hy a1568 Scott vii. 15.
Thairfoir, my hairt, go hence in hy a1585 Maitl. Q. lxix. 21.
Furthward I went and thidder come in hy(3) a1400 Leg. S. v. 56.
All the puple in-to hy Sad he wes rycht welcum hame c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2182.
Than in-to hy Thire two kynges tuke purpos thare 1535 Stewart 630.
Than furth with thame he passit into hy

b. In, intill, or with (full) gret hy, all hy. Only in early verse.(1) 1375 Barb. iii. 127.
With full gret hy … Rycht till the bra-syd he ȝeid Ib. xiv. 55.
Thai went toward thame in gret hy c1420 Wynt. v. 2377.
Quhethire art thow hast wyth sa gret hy? Ib. 4055.
This Empryour in till gret hy He cursyd hym solemply Ib. vi. 955.
He sped hym in gret hy to Rome ?1438 Alex. i. 1871.
Thre buschmentis in full great hy Come to the stour 1513 Doug. ii. i. 53.
The prest Laocon From the cheif tempil rynnand in ful gret hy(2) 1375 Barb. x. 726.
Arestee than to the battalȝhe Sped him in all hye sturdely a1400 Leg. S. vii. 302.
Sped vs hyne in all hy c1420 Wynt. iv. 1545.
Gyve Hanyball in tyll all hy … Had past strawcht Ib. viii. 4462.
Thare dyscuverouris … wyth all hy … Warnyt the Erle

c. In other phrases. 1375 Barb. xv. 162.
Quhen that he herd sic hy on hand, In full gret hast he gat his ger Ib. xvi. 585.
He askit thame weill soyn quhat hy Maid thame till turne so hastely c1420 Wynt. viii. 6794.
Quhen thai in syc hy Saw thare fallow sa him wyth-draw a1500 Rauf C. 762.
Sa that I heir, quhen I haue hy, That thow be fundin reddy