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hyha

hyha [imitative; cf. Fr. hi-han] , hee-haw, bray of ass. semper [Burnellus] ‘hy ha’ repetit, nihil est quod dicere possit, / affectus quovis verbere, preter ‘hy ha’ [ed.RS p. 64: ya ; [v. l. iha]; cf. ib. 1563 p. 65: ya [vv. ll. iha, hia]] Nig. SS 1553–4; terruit en cunctos sua [sc. asinorum] sternutacio cives / dum geminant solita voce frequenter ‘yha’ Gower VC I 190.

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