hitten

== English == === Verb === hitten (archaic, rare, dialectal) past participle of hit 1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone [1]: But though I could hardly hold the gun, unless with my back against a bar, it did me good to hear it go off, and hope to have hitten his enemies. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === hitten plural of hit == German == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “borrowing? semantic loan?”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪtn̩/ Hyphenation: hit‧ten === Verb === hitten (weak, third-person singular present hittet, past tense hittete, past participle gehittet, auxiliary haben) (slang, roleplaying games) to hit (to strike) (slang) to hit (to reach or achieve) (slang) to hit (a pose) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== one-hitten == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hit, hitte, hyt hittyne (Derbyshire); hette (Norfolk); hutte (Southwest Midland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hyttan (“to come upon”), from Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall upon”). Both Old English hyttan and its Middle English reflexes point to Old English /y/ in this word; possibly it was initially borrowed into a variety which had unrounded /y/ to /i/, then received /y/ in other varieties by analogy with native words where /y/ corresponded to /i/ in unrounding varieties. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhitən/ === Verb === hitten (third-person singular simple present hitteth, present participle hittynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hitte, past participle hit) (ambitransitive) To hit; to come into contact with (especially forcefully): To strike; to land a blow (with one's hand or weapon) To land a projectile against. (figuratively) To succeed or afflict; to take effect. (intransitive, rare) To fall or collide. (ambitransitive) To encounter or find; to meet with or come upon. (intransitive) To travel or journey. (ambitransitive, rare) To throw or toss; to cause to hit. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: hit (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: hit Scots: hit ==== References ==== “hitten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “hit, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Dance, Richard; Pons-Sanz, Sara; Schorn, Brittany (2019), “hitte v. (wk.)”, in The Gersum Project ⁠‎[2], University of Cambridge, University of Cardiff, and the University of Sheffield. == Swedish == === Noun === hitten definite singular of hit