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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hyve, Hyfe, n.¹ Also: hive, hywe, hyff, hyiff. [ME. hyfe, hyve, hive, (huive, heve), OE. hýf.] A beehive. Also attrib. with hole.(a) 14.. Acts I. 385/2.
Of beys … befor that thai be stekyt in the hyff 1535 Stewart 44248.
Als blyth he wes as ony be in hyfe 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII. 43 b.
Ane biehyiff and ane half hyiff, price of the hyiff xl s.(b) 1513 Doug. i. vii. 33.
Lyke to the beys … [that] fra thar hyve … Expellis … the faynt drone be Ib. xii. x. 91.
The beys … Ourthort thar hyvis … rynnys 1535 Stewart 35509.
King Edmound As bird on breir wes blyth … , Or ony be that biggis into hyve 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 135.
Against them quha takes or steales … hyves and beesattrib. 1629 Boyd Last B. 7.
Frae once the bee hath winne to its hyue-hole, it entereth into rest