hyen

English

Etymology

French hyène.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪən/

Noun

hyen (plural hyens)

1. (obsolete) A hyena.
   • c. 1598–1600, 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.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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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)

1. to hie (travel at great speed or with great haste)
2. to do with haste or speedily; to do when needed
3. to do with care or fervour; to make a earnest attempt
4. to make fast; to hurry or expedite someone (including oneself)
5. (figuratively) to disappear; to pass away

Conjugation

Conjugation of hyen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) hyen, hye
	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.

Etymology 2

Noun

hyen (plural hyenen)

1. Alternative form of hyne (“household”)

Etymology 3

Adverb

hyen

1. Alternative form of henne (“hence”)

Etymology 4

Verb

hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyende, hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)

1. Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hýði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ˈhyːˌən/

  Rhymes: -ỳːən, -ən

Noun

hyen n (definite hyene, dative hyenen)

1. (botany) film between shell and kernel