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hit pronoun It (used especially as the initial element in a clause and in other stressed positions, most often as a subject). [from Old English hit; this form was prevalent in England into the 16th century and since that time has been used primarily in Scotland, northern England, and northern Ireland, especially as an emphatic form; DARE labels it "chiefly South, South Midland" in the U.S.]

1836 Pawpaw Hollow Church Minutes 78 The Church wish Brother Lammon Jones to attend them twelve months longer & Br Jones agrees to hit. 1875 King Great South 788 Some of the mountaineers speak of "hit," instead of "it," and emphasize the word as in this case, "I meant to have brought my gun, but I forgot hit." 1895 Edson and Fairchiln Tenn Mts 376 = sometimes used almost with the force of a demonstrative; e.g. a native, upon seeing a trolley car, points first to the car and then to the trolley, and asks, "Does hit run hit, or hit run hit?" 1942 Hall Phonetics Smoky Mts 86 Even unstressed hit often occurs without initial loss [of h], as in the sentence ... "I don't know how long hit's been." But unstressed hit, like he, him, her, etc. usually occurs without [h] ... "I guess it's been ten or fifteen years ago." 1978 Montgomery White Pine Coll III-2 Hit's been handed down to him, you see, so he's the third or fourth generation. 1999 Landry Smoky Mt Interviews 194 I believe they called hit the Cable School.