hent
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of hent
before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan
Example Sentences
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Swiftly, I thought, in strongest gripe on his bed of death to bind him down, that he in the hent of this hand of mine should breathe his last: but he broke away.
From Beowulf by Francis Barton Gummere
And Guy hent his sword in hand, And hetelich smot to Colbrand.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a: A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey
The verb to hent, to lay hold of, is not so rare.
From The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by George MacDonald
She hent down to him, and gently lifting his head, looked with an indescribable expression of happiness and love deep into his beaming eyes.
From Henry VIII and His Court by Henry Niles Pierce
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