ORIGIN OF HIKE
The word “hike” is derived from the following:—German “heichen” ; Dutch “hijghen, hijgen”; Anglo-Saxon “higian”; old English hien, hyen, heizen. “Hie,” noumhaste, 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 “liize” means to hoist, or to lift. -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 February 1935, Page 10
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105ORIGIN OF HIKE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 February 1935, Page 10
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