different between hye vs hyem

English

Adjective

hye (comparative hyer, superlative hyest)

1. Obsolete spelling of high

Verb

hye (third-person singular simple present hyes, present participle hying or hyeing, simple past and past participle hyed)

1. Obsolete spelling of hie

Anagrams

• Hey, Yeh, hey, yeh

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hyen, hien (“to go quickly”).

Noun

hye (uncountable)

1. haste, hurry

Alternative forms

• hy, hygh, hyghe, hy?, hy?e, hey, heye, hegh, he?e, hij, hiy, high, highe, hi?, hi?e, hih, hihe, hei, heie, hei?, hei?e

Descendants

• English: hie
• Scots: hy

References

• “h?(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hye

1. Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hye

1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hye

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology 5

Noun

hye (plural hyes)

1. (Southern, South Midland, Early Middle English) Alternative form of hew

Etymology 6

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of hien

Etymology 7

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of heien

Etymology 8

Adjective

hye (comparative hyer, superlative hyest)

1. Alternative form of heigh

Yola

Alternative forms

• hey

Etymology

From Middle English hey, from Old English h?e?, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi.

Noun

hye

1. a garden, field, enclosure, hay

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• heyem (Northern English dialect)
• hjem (Geordie)
• yem (Geordie)

Etymology

From Old English h?m, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Swedish hem, Dutch heem, heim- and West Frisian hiem. Note that this pronunciation is not derived from Old Norse, as is sometimes assumed on the basis of Danish and Norwegian hjem - the pronunciation in Geordie is directly derivable from the Old English form by regular rules. Compare traditional [stj?n] 'stone' from st?n. It can also be found in some other northern dialects like Yorkshire.

Adverb

hyem (not comparable)

1. (Northumbria) home
   • [19th c.] 1993, Ned Corvan, “Yer Gannin to be a Keelman,” in Visions of the People, Patrick Joyce [1]

     Ye’ll be comin’ hyem at neets, with yor fyece all ower black,

     And ye’ll lie an snore aside the fire, and never gis yor crack, [...]

   • 1848, Sinks of London Laid Open [2]

     “He had just come in,” he said, “to see if his mate was come hyem yet; but as he had not, he thought he could guess right weel where he wad be, and wad just step o’er to Brown’s (the gin-shop) and see.”

   • 1985, David Wright tr. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales [3]

     And so Aah’s cum, and also brought Alan,

     To grind wor corn, and bring it hyem again;

     Aah begs ye de the job fast as ye can.

Related terms

• home (Standard English)
• hyim (South Scots)

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [4]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[5]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4