Old English · pronoun
hit
- Part of speech
- pronoun, neuter
- IPA
- /xit/[hit]
- Syllables
- xit (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- it
Meaning
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it
Þēah þe græf wille golde strēġan brōþor his ġeborenum, byrġan be dēadum, māþmum mislīċum þæt hine mid wille, ne mæġ þǣre sāwle þe biþ synna ful gold tō ġēoce for godes eġsan, þonne hē hit ǣr hȳdeð þenden hē hēr leofað.
Even if a brother would like to strew gold on grave for his kinsmen, to bury next to the dead with manifold riches that he would like to have with him, gold cannot be a help for this soul, who is full of sins, before the dread of God, after he first hides it while he lives here.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Inflection
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Nominative singular first-person | iċ |
| Accusative singular first-person | mēmec |
| Dative singular first-person | mē |
| Genitive singular first-person | mīn |
| Nominative singular second-person | þū |
| Accusative singular second-person | þēþec |
| Dative singular second-person | þē |
| Genitive singular second-person | þīn |
| Nominative accusative singular neuter third-person | hit |
| Dative singular neuter third-person | him |
| Genitive singular neuter third-person | his |
| Nominative singular masculine third-person | hē |
| Accusative singular masculine third-person | hine |
| Dative singular masculine third-person | him |
| Genitive singular masculine third-person | his |
| Nominative singular feminine third-person | hēo |
| Accusative singular feminine third-person | hīe |
| Genitive dative singular feminine third-person | hire |
| Nominative dual first-person | wit |
| Accusative dual first-person | uncuncit |
| Dative dual first-person | unc |
| Genitive dual first-person | uncer |
| Nominative dual second-person | ġit |
| Accusative dual second-person | incincit |
| Dative dual second-person | inc |
| Genitive dual second-person | incer |
| Nominative plural first-person | wē |
| Accusative plural first-person | ūsūsiċ |
| Dative plural first-person | ūs |
| Genitive plural first-person | ūreūser |
| Nominative plural second-person | ġē |
| Accusative plural second-person | ēowēowiċ |
| Dative plural second-person | ēow |
| Genitive plural second-person | ēower |
| Nominative accusative plural third-person | hīe |
| Dative plural third-person | him |
| Genitive plural third-person | heora |
All forms (34)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Old Frisian hit (“it”), Old High German iz (“it”), Gothic (hita, “it”). More at hē.
Descendants
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