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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hie, adv. Compar. hiar, hiear; superl. hiest. [Variant of He adv.]

1. High, highly, in the usual lit. and fig. senses.(a) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1697.
Thai … halit wp thare salis hie c1460 Consail Wys Man 177.
Couet nocht our hie to syt a1500 Henr. Fab. 371 (A).
Thai quhilk clymmis wp most hie 1513 Doug. vi. ix. 43.
Ane irne towr stude beildit wondir hie [: skye] 1520 Dunferm. B. Rec. 174.
[He] sall big … als hie as he ples c1552 Lynd. Mon. 98.
Displayand Christis banar hie on heycht c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii. 622.
Clym I ouir hie … I brek my neck 1580-92 James VI Lusus R. 73.
Titan … hie ascending in his purpour spherecomb. 1562-3 Winȝet I. 62/21.
I profes me to be nane … of the nummir of the hie leirnit(b) c1450-2 Howlat 612.
All-ther hieast in the crope four helmes full faire a1500 Seven S. 104.
Oder is the erd hiear rasit, Or hevyn declynit 1535 Stewart 12988.
The hiear ay men clym … far sarar is the fall c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis 32.
Quhen the wedder bene most fair, The dust fleis hiest in the air 1567 G. Ball. 166.
Quha hiest clymmis gettis greitest fall 1627 Rep. Parishes 44.
Except they be valued at the very same ... worth they were before the lyming and no hiar

b. In compar., ? nearer the coast, further 'in' (of a ship at sea). 1549 Compl. 41/21.
The master cryit ... 'Mait, keip ful and by, a luf, cumna hiear'

2. Loudly. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 248.
Scho … squelit fast & hie can rare 1513 Doug. iii. x. 15.
A monstre … , Grassilland his teith, and rummysand full hie c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 485.
The Squyer answerit hie on hicht 1581 Sat. P. xliv. 140.
Chrysteson, ȝour trumpetour, blauis loud and hie

3. Severely; grievously, resentfully. 1535 Stewart 37125.
This Cruthlynthus he tuke full hie in hart The greit repuls 1560 Rolland Seven S. 4694.
Howbeit sum time a fault thay wald ouirse Ȝit at the last thay wald it puneis hie