ORIGIN OF HIKE
The word “hike” is derived from, the following:—German “heichen”; Dutch “hijghen, liijgen”; Anglo-Saxon “higian”; old English hien, liyen, heizen. “Hie,” noundiaste, speed. “Up she roos, and by the bond in ‘hye’ she took him faste.” (Chaucer). The Manx word “hie”=went„ did go. In Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words, the following meanings are given to the word “hike”: To swing, to put in motion, to toss, to throw, to strike, to hoist, to go away, to hurry. Toads killed by being jerked from a plank are said to be “hiked.” In Ireland the word “hize” means to hoist, or to lift.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 16 February 1935, Page 2
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105ORIGIN OF HIKE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 16 February 1935, Page 2
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