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What is hie to the church in modern day language

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The verb hie, meaning to hasten, speed, or go in haste, has been obsolete for centuries. It comes from the Old English higian, meaning to strive, and its equivalents in other Germanic languages have to do with breathing, panting, and gasping. Inflected, hie makes hied, hies, and hieing.

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