"hit" meaning in Middle English

See hit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /hit/, /it/
Etymology: From Old English hit, from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hit}} Old English hit, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hit}} Proto-West Germanic *hit, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hit||this, this one}} Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*ḱe-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner|nominative pronoun|hit}} hit (nominative pronoun hit) Forms: hit [nominative, pronoun], hitt [alternative], hitte [alternative], hyt [alternative], hytte [alternative], it [alternative], itt [alternative], itte [alternative], jt [alternative], yt [alternative], ytt [alternative]
  1. Third-person singular neuter possessive determiner: it
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-det-P8skkEWP Categories (other): Middle English determiners, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English determiners: 45 8 27 7 10 4 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 33 8 27 7 9 7 9 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 28 13 23 12 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 26 14 22 13 15 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /hit/, /it/
Etymology: From Old English hit, from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hit}} Old English hit, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hit}} Proto-West Germanic *hit, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hit||this, this one}} Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*ḱe-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|accusative|hit|genitive|hit, his|possessive determiner|hit, his}} hit (accusative hit, genitive hit, his, possessive determiner hit, his) Forms: hit [accusative], hit [genitive], his [genitive], hit [determiner, possessive], his [determiner, possessive], hitt [alternative], hitte [alternative], hyt [alternative], hytte [alternative], it [alternative], itt [alternative], itte [alternative], jt [alternative], yt [alternative], ytt [alternative]
  1. Third-person singular neuter pronoun: it
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-pron-enm:it Categories (other): Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 28 13 23 12 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 26 14 22 13 15 10
  2. Third-person singular neuter pronoun: it
    Sometimes used in reference to a child: he, she
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-pron-enm:it1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 33 8 27 7 9 7 9 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 28 13 23 12 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 26 14 22 13 15 10
  3. Third-person singular neuter accusative pronoun: it
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-pron-9UlUfG3v Categories (other): Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 28 13 23 12 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 26 14 22 13 15 10
  4. Third-person singular neuter genitive pronoun: its
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-pron-FL4kMKc6 Categories (other): Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 28 13 23 12 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 26 14 22 13 15 10
  5. (impersonal, placeholder) Third-person singular impersonal placeholder pronoun: it Tags: impersonal
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-pron-qazw5b74 Categories (other): Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 28 13 23 12 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 26 14 22 13 15 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: I, ich, ik, me, minmi1, min, þou, þe, þinþi1, þin, he, himhine2, him, his, hishisen, sche, heo, hireheo, hire, hirehires, hiren, hithim2, , wit, unk, unker, ȝit, inc, inker, we, us, ous, oure, oureoures, ouren, ye, yow, your, youryoures, youren, hemhe2, hem, here, hereheres, heren, þei, þem, þeim, þeir, þeirþeires, þeiren

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} hit
  1. (County Durham, Early Scots) alternative form of hitten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hitten
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-verb-nLDzp7rT Categories (other): County Durham Middle English, Early Scots
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sche"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "heo"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hire"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hiren"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "—"
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      "word": "wit"
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      "word": "unk"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unker"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ȝit"
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      "word": "inc"
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      "word": "inker"
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      "word": "we"
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      "word": "ous"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "oure"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "oureoures"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ye"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "yow"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "your"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "youryoures"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "youren"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þeirþeires"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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          "_dis": "26 14 22 13 15 10",
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        "Sometimes used in reference to a child: he, she"
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          "_dis": "26 14 22 13 15 10",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "28 13 23 12 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English personal pronouns",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 14 22 13 15 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English pronouns",
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        {
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          "english": "It so happened that right there in that forest / there was a very old peasant; a cowherd.",
          "ref": "c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 4, recto, lines 3-4; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 6:",
          "text": "Hit bi fel in þat foreſt · þere faſt by ſide / þer woned a wel old cherl · þat was a couherde",
          "translation": "It so happened that right there in that forest / there was a very old peasant; a cowherd.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/hit/"
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      "word": "ich"
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      "word": "me"
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      "word": "min"
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      "word": "þe"
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      "word": "þin"
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      "word": "sche"
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      "word": "heo"
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      "word": "hireheo"
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      "word": "hire"
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      "word": "hiren"
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      "word": "hithim2"
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      "word": "—"
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      "word": "wit"
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      "word": "unk"
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      "word": "unker"
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      "word": "ȝit"
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      "word": "inc"
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      "word": "we"
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      "word": "ouren"
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    {
      "word": "ye"
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    {
      "word": "yow"
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      "word": "your"
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      "word": "hem"
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      "word": "here"
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      "word": "heren"
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      "word": "þem"
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      "word": "þeir"
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          "ref": "c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 4, recto, lines 3-4; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 6:",
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