There's a song, I thought I saw it in a Methodist hymnal, and it's also a Mormon song. It's called If I Could Hie to Kolob. What does Hie mean, exactly. And what language is it? I know it's like, If I could go to Kolob, or travel to Kolob, or visit Kolob, based on the general feel of the song. But it's not a word that I've ever heard used anywhere except this song.
Could it be Celtic, or Welsh, or something like that?
2007-03-02 07:24:43 · 6 answers · asked by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Thanks.
Ah, Gaelic. I forgot about Gaelic. I think the author of the song was from Britian, so I took a guess as to the language.
2007-03-02 07:37:29 · update #1
'Hie' is a good English word. It's both a transitive or intransitive verb, and it means 'to go quickly' ot 'to cause to go quickly'.
So you could say: "I hied down to the store." or "Hie yourself off to school." It's not seen often, but it's been around a long time.
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2016-12-14 09:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by fette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a very old English word which I have never heard anyone utter (apart from songs like this. It means "hurry" or "hasten". I first came across it in the song:
"Come, lasses and lads, take leave of your dads,
And away to the may-pole hie;
For every he has got him a she,
And the minstrel's standing by.."
[Middle English hien, from Old English hīgian, to strive, exert oneself.]
2007-03-02 07:28:04 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
hie \'hī\ vb, hied hy·ingor hie·ing [ME, fr. OE hīgian to strive, hasten]
vi(12c) : to go quickly : hasten
vt: to cause (oneself) to go quickly
2007-03-02 07:35:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gaelic for "go in a hurry".
2007-03-02 07:28:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go, speed in haste.
2007-03-02 07:28:39 · answer #6 · answered by go2bermuda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋