hent

Meaning

Verb

To take hold of, to grasp.
To take away, carry off, apprehend.
To clear; to go beyond.

Origin

From Middle English henten (also hynten, hinten > English hint), from Old English hentan, from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną, related to Icelandic henta, Old English huntian, Old High German hunda.

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