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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hie \Hie\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Hied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hying}.] [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. ? to go, E. cite.] To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] ''My husband hies him home.'' --Shak.
The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden.
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