hyen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hyen (plural hyens)
- (obsolete) A hyena.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- I will laugh like a hyen.
- 1900, Edwin Markham, The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (poem), The Toilers:
- Their blind feet drift in the darkness, and no one is leading;
Their toil is the pasture, where hyens and harpies are feeding
References
[edit]- “hyen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English hīgian, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyende, hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)
- to hie (travel at great speed or with great haste)
- to do with haste or speedily; to do when needed
- to do with care or fervour; to make a earnest attempt
- to make fast; to hurry or expedite someone (including oneself)
- (figurative) to disappear; to pass away
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of hyen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) hyen, hye | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | hye | hyed | |
2nd-person singular | hyest | hyedest | |
3rd-person singular | hyeth | hyed | |
subjunctive singular | hye | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | hyen, hye | hyeden, hyede | |
imperative plural | hyeth, hye | — | |
participles | hyynge, hyende | hyed, yhyed |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Alternative forms
[edit]- hy, hye, hyȝ, hyȝe, hyȝen, hyȝye, hyȝhen, hygh, hyghe, hyghen, heye, he, heȝe, heȝen, heyȝ, heyȝe, heyȝen, heygh, hien, hi, hie, hiȝ, hiȝe, hiȝen, hiȝie, hiȝhen, high, highe, highen, heie, heiȝ, heiȝe, heiȝen, heigh, hihe, hihen, hihi, hihin, hihȝen, heeȝen
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “hīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]hyen (plural hyenen)
- Alternative form of hyne (“household”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hyen
- Alternative form of henne (“hence”)
Etymology 4
[edit]Verb
[edit]hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyende, hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)
- Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)
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