"hit" meaning in Middle English

See hit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /hit/, /it/ Forms: hit [nominative, pronoun]
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)
  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: 44 8 29 7 7 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 31 8 8 7 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 30 11 27 11 11 10 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 28 13 25 13 13 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hitt, hitte, hyt, hytte, it, itt, itte, jt, yt

Pronoun

IPA: /hit/, /it/ Forms: hit [accusative], hit [genitive], his [genitive], hit [determiner, possessive], his [determiner, possessive]
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)
  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: 30 11 27 11 11 10 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 28 13 25 13 13 10
  2. Sometimes used in reference to a child or man: he, she
    Sense id: en-hit-enm-pron-yzhVr1hx 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: 38 8 31 8 8 7 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 30 11 27 11 11 10 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 28 13 25 13 13 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: 30 11 27 11 11 10 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 28 13 25 13 13 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: 30 11 27 11 11 10 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 28 13 25 13 13 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 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 30 11 27 11 11 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hitt, hitte, hyt, hytte, it, itt, itte, jt, yt
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

Alternative forms

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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:",
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        "5": "this, this one"
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      "word": "ik"
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      "word": "me"
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      "word": "min"
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      "word": "hireheo"
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      "word": "hire"
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      "word": "—"
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      "word": "wit"
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      "word": "unk"
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      "word": "ȝit"
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      "word": "inker"
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    {
      "word": "we"
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    {
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      "word": "ous"
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      "word": "oure"
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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": "youren"
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      "word": "hem"
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      "word": "here"
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      "word": "þei"
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      "word": "þeim"
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      "word": "þeir"
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      "word": "þeiren"
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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",
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      "ipa": "/it/"
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      "word": "hitte"
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      "word": "hyt"
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      "word": "hytte"
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      "word": "it"
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      "word": "itte"
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      "word": "jt"
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      "word": "yt"
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      "word": "it"
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      "word": "itt"
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      "word": "itte"
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      "word": "jt"
    },
    {
      "word": "yt"
    }
  ],
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}

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