which is grammatically correct: "hied off the mountainside" or "hied off to the mountainside"?

Question

i'm not sure if "to" is necessary or can be done without. thanks!

"hie" is a word, although archaic; it's still being used, esp. in literary text. the "problematic" phrase was from a literary line we're fixing. :)

Answer 1

'Hied' just means hastened or hurried, so the the first phrase means

hurried off the mountainside (correct)

and the second

Hurried (off) to the mountainside (also correct, but with the opposite meaning. You could also exclude the word 'off' and it would still be correct)

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Answer 2

Well, if you're going to "hied off the moutnainside," you're going to be leaving the mountainside. If you're going to "hied off to the mountainside," you're going to go to the mountainside.

Also, hie is not a commonly used word. You could use "hurry," or "hasten" instead.

Answer 3

They're both proper uses of the verb "to hie". Hied is past tense. To hie is to hasten or to hurry. So, one could either hie to, or hie down from the mountainside.

Answer 4

They mean different things; the first means to leave the mountainside; the second to go to it.

Answer 5

Neither is correct as hied isn't a word.