hyen
English
Etymology
French hyène.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪən/
Noun
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 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
- I will laugh like a hyen.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hyen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Heyn
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hīgian, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhiːən/, /ˈhɛi̯ən/
Verb
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
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
- 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
- hye
Descendants
- English: hie
- Scots: hie
References
- “hīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
hyen (plural hyenen)
- Alternative form of hyne (“household”)
Adverb
hyen
- Alternative form of henne (“hence”)
Verb
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”)
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse hýði.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ˈhyːˌən/
- Rhymes: -ỳːən, -ən
Noun
hyen n (definite hyene, dative hyenen)
- (botany) film between shell and kernel