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Hent   Listen
verb
Hent  v. t.  (past hente; past part. hent)  To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. (Obs.) "This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast." "But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente."





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"Hent" Quotes from Famous Books



... as I went, Well sore I sorrowed, for sighing sad; Of hard haps that I had hent Mourning me made ...
— England's Antiphon • George MacDonald
... potter to his cart he went, He was not to seek; A good two-hand staff he hent, Before Robin ...
— Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws - Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series • Frank Sidgwick
... the King of Tars saw that sight, Wood he was for wrath aplight: In hand he hent a spear, And to the Soudan he rode full right; With a dunt of much might, Adown he gan ...
— The Knight of the Golden Melice - A Historical Romance • John Turvill Adams


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