hay

Make hay while sunne shines.

1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.

1857, Charles Louis Flint, Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, […] :

(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.

1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947

Jeff Spicoli, roll me another hay

1994, “Bug Powder Dust”, performed by Bomb the Bass:

A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.

en-noun

hay (countable and uncountable, plural hays)

hooi

grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder

From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (compare West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu, Danish hø, Norwegian høy), from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”). More at hew.


hay

To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

en-verb

hay (third-person singular simple present hays, present participle haying, simple past and past participle hayed)

hays (present singular third-person)
haying (participle present)
hayed (participle past)
hayed (past)


hay

(obsolete) A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.

My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes,
Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,

1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

I’ll make one in a dance, or so; or I will play
On the tabour to the Worthies, and let them dance the hay.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

From Middle English haye, heye, a conflation of Old English heġe (“hedge, fence”) and Old English ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).


hay

The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay and gay. The expected form in English if the h had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", hā.


hay

1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases")

From Middle English heye, from Old English heġe, from Proto-West Germanic *hagi.


hay

(Tankarana) an insect which damages rice crops


hay

first-person singular present indicative of hayr


hay

Et moytas uegadas cõteçe que hay algũus que nõ catã senõ porlo que he sua prol

1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, page 533:

And many times it happens that there are some than don't care but for their own interest

(impersonal, Old Galician) there is, there are

Galician: hai

hai (alternative)
ai (alternative)
ay (alternative)


hay

there is, there are

Hay dos tiendas que venden películas.

third-person singular present indicative of haber

From Old Spanish ha ý (“it has there”) (compare Catalan hi ha and French il y a), from ha, third-person singular present form of aver (“to have”), + ý (locative pronoun, compare modern French y and Catalan hi), from Latin ibī (“there”).


hay

Hay... Antok na ako!

an expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like: sigh


hay

Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經), folio 35a
合(Hợp)咍(hay)㝵(người)𱍸(ấy)咍(hay)把(trả)特(được)恩(ơn)盎(áng)那(nạ)
Certainly, [one will] know that such a person can repay their parents' kindness.

𣈜恪咍兠群役恪
節冷馬女底朱戈

15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “歸崑山重九偶作 Quy côn sơn trùng cửu ngẫu tác”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):

Who knows on a different day if I would be busy or not,
[So] I would rather not miss out on this nice weather [right now].

Ngày khác hay đâu còn việc khác,
Tiết lành mựa nỡ để cho qua.

𬖉𦋦𦰟𦹵𦲿核
𧡊囂囂𱢻時能姉𧗱

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)^(https://vi.wikisource.org/wiki/Truyện_Kiều_(bản_Liễu_Văn_Ðường_1866)):

And when you look outside, to where the grass and leaves are,
And if you see them sway in the light breeze, then you know that I, your sister, will come home soon.

Trông ra ngọn cỏ lá cây,
Thấy hiu hiu gió thì hay chị về.

Hồi mẹ nó ẵm về nước, bà nội nó nói mua cho cái vé khứ hồi, tới hồi ra sân bay về lại Hàn Quốc thì mới hay cái vé đi có một chiều.

2018 January 22, Viễn Sự, Sơn Lâm, “Trẻ con lai ở miền Tây: Con không cha như nhà không nóc [The mixed children in Southwestern Vietnam: a fatherless child is like a roofless house]”, in Tuổi Trẻ Online:

When his mother carried him in her arms back to Vietnam, his paternal grandmother said they had bought a return ticket for her, but she realised it was only a one-way ticket when she was at the airport, trying to return to Korea.

(archaic or literary) to know; to get to know; to learn

(obsolete, auxiliary) can, could, may, might

Cognate with Arem hɪː ("to understand").


hay

Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae,[…]

1914 [c. 5th century CE], “Kinh tin-kính [Apostles' Creed]”, in Edmond Nordemann, compiler, Chrestomathie annamite, translation of Symbolum Apostolorum (in Latin), page 152:

I believe in God, the Father All Capable, Creator of heaven and earth, […]


hay

ý hay

Phim hay quá ha !

good, as in useful, inventive, interesting or entertaining; compare tốt (good as in high-quality, skillful or ethical)


hay

Ai hay vẽ rồi sẽ vẽ hay.

c. 1990s, Đậu Kinh Luân, “Hoa Tay [Deftness]”:


hay

Con hay nói nhiều lắm.

(literally, “You, child, habitually talk too much.”)

Ai hay vẽ rồi sẽ vẽ hay.


hay

Chọn cái này, hay chọn cái kia

吏輸妸李半命能牢

Could I fall short of Lady Li, who sold herself?


hay

"Hay was mee gude plowere,

1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 6:

Fan Buckeen hay pooked lik own thing mad.

1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 4:

When Buckeen he jumped like a thing mad.

Wi spur upa heel hay gaed him a goad,

1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 7:

With a spur on his heel, he gave him a goad,

Shu bin vrem Vorth, an hay vrem Bargee,

1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 3:

Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,

1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 5:

Old Father Devereux (he) early came there,

Wi buke an wi candale hay tackled a paare.

1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 6:

With book and with candle he tackled the pair;