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
Gl�mr kva� s�r vel hent at geyma sau�fj�r � vetrum.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
He's haen a teenge or twa, an' he's akinda foondered afore, an' a little spavie i' the aft hent leg; but I'll shune pet that a' richt wi' gude guidin'.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
To hent is used by Shakespeare for, to seize, to catch, to lay hold on.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur
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 MacDonald, George
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