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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He was hent intently to his work in the noonday sun, and somehow I knew at that moment what would happen, I could see it.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
They wist how softily they could assail Them; and what falsehood they in heartè meant: And thus they Clerkis in their danger hent, With one venom, another is destroyed!
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
Bjarka er kent, a� hjar�arhunda hafi hann drepna, ekki er h�num allvel hent vi� �ta kepna.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
She was seated at a spinning-wheel, but seemed less occupied with the work, than hent on listening to some noise without.
From St. Patrick's Eve by Lever, Charles James
The man hent the ring in hand and coming forward to the light read what was on it and understood that it was the signet of the Vicar of Allah.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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