hent

See also: hënt and Hënt

English

Alternative forms

• hente (13th-16th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English henten (also hynten, hinten > English hint), from Old English hentan (“to pursue, chase after, seize, arrest, grasp”), from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną (“to seize”), related to Old English huntian (“to hunt”), Old High German hunda (“spoils, booty”).

Verb

hent (third-person singular simple present hents, present participle henting, simple past and past participle hent)

1. (obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
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     And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.

2. (obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To clear; to go beyond.

Anagrams

• Neth, Neth., Then, ethn-, then

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hɨnt, from Proto-Celtic *sentus, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̃nd/

Noun

hent m (plural hentoù)

1. way, road, path.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hent

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of hente

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hent

1. imperative of hente

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Westrobothnian

Adjective

1. handy, skilful