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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hye, adv. Also: hy. [e.m.E. and ME. hye (14–16th c.). Cf. He, Hey, Hie.] High, highly, in the usual lit. and fig. senses.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 574.
I mones ȝow ȝe … hye gere hang me one a tre Ib. xxxvi. 241. 1456 Hay I. 65/II.
Ector, Alexander, [etc.] … the quhilkis Fortune has set hye up on the quhele Brus x. 471 (C).
He saw The castell tynt bath hye and law 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æn. i. 453.
Those swanns … which flye … past all mounting hye(2) 1456 Hay I. 281/23.
In entent to be mare … honourit, and to be hyar avansit c1475 Wall. vi. 52.
Luff did him hye awance 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 9.
Thyr classis salbe … promovit hyear efter thair meritis(3) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiv. 231.
The feynde tharfor hye can cry(4) 1456 Hay II. 157/28.
Sum man [is] wys and hye wittit as ane angel c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 65.
At parlament thow suld be hye renownit Id.) Maitl. F. ii. 53. (
Ane hy renowned knycht
