hent

• hente (13th-16th centuries)

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”).

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

1. (obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
   • 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London]: […] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:

     , Bk.V, Ch.IX:

     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.

• Neth, Neth., Then, ethn-, then

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

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̃nd/

hent m (plural hentoù)

1. way, street

hent

1. imperative of hente

hent

1. imperative of hente

Old Norse hentr

hent

1. handy, skilful

• tåma

• trehent (“skilful with wood”)