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-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną (“to seize”), related to Icelandic henta (“to suit, beseem”), 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)
- (obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
- And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.
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- (obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.
- (obsolete, transitive) To clear; to go beyond.
Anagrams
- Neth, Neth., Then, ethn-, then
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)
- way, road, path.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
hent
- imperative of hente
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛnt/
- Homophone: hendt
Verb
hent
- imperative of henta
Old Norse
Adjective
hent
- strong feminine nominative singular of hentr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hentr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of hentr
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Old Norse hentr
Adjective
hent
- handy, skilful
Synonyms
- tåma
Derived terms
- trehent (“skilful with wood”)
Yola
Verb
hent
- simple past tense of hend
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 46