hie

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And the terrier-bitch from over the way--hie, then, lass!

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  1. intransitive and transitive verb To go quickly; hasten.

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  1. Middle English hien, from Old English hīgian, to strive, exert oneself.

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  1. from Middle English hien, hyen, heiʒen, hiʒen, from AS.higian, hasten, strive, = Middle Dutch hijghen,D. hijgen, intransitive, pant, long (for), = Danish hige, intransitive, hanker (after), crave, covet. Cf. Greek κίειν, go (whence the causal κινεῑν, transitive, move), = Latin ciere, cire, transitive, move, stir, summon, past participle citus as adjective, quick, swift: see cite.
  2. from Middle English hie, hye, hyʒe, haste; from the verb.
 

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