Infinitive
hitten; to hitten; hitte
Participles
| Present | hittynge; hittende |
| Past | hit |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | hitte |
| 2nd sing. | hittest |
| 3rd sing. | hitteth |
| 1st plur. | hitten; hitte; hitteth |
| 2nd plur. | hitten; hitte; hitteth |
| 3rd plur. | hitten; hitte; hitteth |
Past
| 1st sing. | hitte |
| 2nd sing. | hittest |
| 3rd sing. | hitte |
| 1st plur. | hitten; hitte |
| 2nd plur. | hitten; hitte |
| 3rd plur. | hitten; hitte |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | hitte |
| 2nd sing. | hitte |
| 3rd sing. | hitte |
Past
| 1st sing. | hitte |
| 2nd sing. | hitte |
| 3rd sing. | hitte |
Imperative
| Singular | hitte |
| Plural | hitteth; hitte |
Verbs conjugated like hitten
hitten,
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. 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. See: Proto-Germanic '
*hittijaną'.
Verbs referencing "hitten"
English
hit.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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