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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HIE, v., intr. Also hy(e), hey. Sc. usage: to hasten, proceed quickly. Now arch. or poet. in Eng. [hɑe]Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 137:
To Bruntsfield Green let's hy, And see the Royal Bowmen strive.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 58:
Then up the brae wi' a' her might she heys An' whan she's past it, monie a Lindy cries.Sc. 1824 Scott St Ronan's W. xxv.:
They . . . were hying home after sunset.Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 59:
Down Windy-Bank I took what I could hie, Bombaz'd, distract'd, wi' their dolorous cry.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 170:
She hey'd alang be burn an' brae.