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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1898-1899, 1985-2000
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HIT, v.
A. Sc. forms: 1. Pr.t.: hit; hut (Mry.1 1925; Lnk. 1953); het (Ags. 1825 Jam., 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xi.).
2. Pa.t.: hit; hat(t) (Sc. 1787 W. Taylor Poems 62; Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 117; s.Sc. 1836 H. S. Riddell St Matthew xxvii. 30; Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.; Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii. 326; Wgt. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables frae French 11; w.Sc. 1929 R. Crawford Quiet Fields 31; Sh., Cai., ne.Sc. 1957), †hatte (Sc. 1828 Blackwood's Mag. (Nov.) 567); hut(t) (Lnk. 1895 W. Stewart Lilts and Larks 237; Edb. 1931 E. Albert Herrin Jennie 105; Abd., Edb., Bte., Ayr., s.Sc. 1957). Also weak pa.t huttit.Abd. 1985 Robbie Kydd in Alexander Scott New Writing Scotland 3 40:
'When she gied me the strap,' he says, 'she missed ma hand an hut me on the wrist....'Edb. 1999:
Mammy, she huttit me!Dundee 2000 Ellie McDonald Pathfinder 6:
An we wir hyne awa
afore the polis hut the broken gless.
3. Pa.p.: hitten (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 96; Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.; Cai. 1902 E.D.D.; Ags. 1911 Rymour Club Misc. I. 188; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.; Sh., Abd. 1957), hittin (Sc. 1887 Jam.), hutten (s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell Psalms iii. 7; Mry.1 1925; Arg.1 1932; Abd., Edb. 1957); hotten (Sc. 1911 S.D.D. Add.); hit (Fif. 1957), hat (Sh. 1957), hut (Edb., Bte., Ayr., Dmf. 1957). Abd. 1990 Stanley Robertson Fish-Hooses (1992) 16:
Noo mi problem wis that I wis a bit trash tae pit in mi weeks notice cos this big ill-natured gaffer wid hae hut mi as quick as look at mi.
B. Sh. usage: to throw, to pitch (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1957). Also found in Eng. dials.Sh. 1898 Shetland News (26 Feb.):
Fling him [it] ower da raep, or hit him inby da fire.Sh. 1899 Shetland News (4 Nov.):
He hokid da dottle oot o' his pipe, an' hatt hit i' da fire.
