hie

Etymology

From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”). Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).

verb

1. (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
   Hath pleased you, and eased you, and sweet slumber seized you. And now to bed I hie. 1605, “Rest Sweet Nymphs”, Francis Pilkington (music)
2. (reflexive, poetic) To hurry (oneself).
   Some have conjectured hastily that all Southerners in town hie themselves to cafés at nightfall. 1906, O. Henry, A Cosmopolite in a Café