"hye" meaning in Middle English

See hye in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|var=1}} hye
  1. alternative form of heigh Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: heigh
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-adj-efg~jDBv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 8

Noun

Etymology: From hyen, hien (“to go quickly”). Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} hye, {{enm-noun|-}} hye (uncountable) Forms: hy [alternative], hygh [alternative], hyghe [alternative], hyȝ [alternative], hyȝe [alternative], hey [alternative], heye [alternative], hegh [alternative], heȝe [alternative], hij [alternative], hiy [alternative], high [alternative], highe [alternative], hiȝ [alternative], hiȝe [alternative], hih [alternative], hihe [alternative], hei [alternative], heie [alternative], heiȝ [alternative], heiȝe [alternative]
  1. haste, hurry Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-noun-LQsOdJnD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 35 0 4 12 12 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} hye
  1. (Southern, South Midland, Early Middle English) alternative form of hew Tags: Early-Middle-English, Southern, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hew
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-noun-oEpjCGK7 Categories (other): Early Middle English, East Saxon Middle English, Southeast Midland Middle English, Southern Middle English, Southwest Midland Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 35 0 4 12 12 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|var=1}} hye
  1. alternative form of he (“he”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: he (extra: he)
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-pron-hthkWh0H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|var=1}} hye
  1. alternative form of heo (“she”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: heo (extra: she)
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-pron-HpnEXaNk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|var=1}} hye
  1. alternative form of he (“they”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: he (extra: they)
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-pron-T2p-Nqdr Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 35 0 4 12 12 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} hye
  1. alternative form of hien Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hien
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-verb-VL2BlF69 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 35 0 4 12 12 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} hye
  1. alternative form of heien Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: heien
    Sense id: en-hye-enm-verb-rY3D6euX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Alternative forms

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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "hien"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of hien"
      ],
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          "hien#Middle_English"
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}

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    "Middle English variant lemmas",
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    "yol:Agriculture"
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        }
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      ],
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        "alt-of",
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  "word": "hye"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English variant lemmas",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
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      "expansion": "hye",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "heigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of heigh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heigh",
          "heigh#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hye"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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