hied
Departed with urgency
Hied is the past tense of hie, an archaic or literary verb meaning to go quickly: She hied herself to the castle.
The word appears almost exclusively in older texts or deliberately old-fashioned prose.
You're most likely to encounter it in fairy tales or historical fiction.
Done with excessive speed
- hurriedDone too quickly
- scurriedMoved with quick, short steps
- dashedMoved with sudden speed
- dartedMoved suddenly, swiftly
bolted · sprinted · scampered · raced · galloped · sped · flew · tore
Went, archaic form
sallied · antiquated · literary · poetic · obsolete · dated · biblical · Shakespearean
rushed
Done with excessive speed
darted · bolted · sprinted · scampered · raced · galloped · sped · flew · tore · scrambled
betook
Went, archaic form
journeyed · sallied · antiquated · literary · poetic · obsolete · dated · biblical · Shakespearean · quaint
escaped
Got away from confinement
- fledEscaped from danger
- abscondedDeparted secretly, furtively
- decampedDeparted suddenly, often secretly
bolted · retreated · withdrew · departed · vamoosed · skedaddled · scattered · dispersed · evacuated · exited