hentan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to pursue; follow after
- to seize; take; carry off
- to capture (an animal)
- to arrest (a person)
- to strike with a weapon; get at with a blow
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną (seize).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hantijaną
Gloss
seize
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihunt English
- egg hunt English
- foxhunt English
- ghosthunt English
- headhunt English
- hent English
- hint English
- hunt English
- huntable English
- huntee English
- hunter English
- huntest English
- hunteth English
- hunting English
- huntmaster English
- huntsman English
- huntsperson English
- huntswoman English
- manhunt English
- molehunt English
- outhunt English
- overhunt English
- puzzlehunt English
- witch-hunt English
- womanhunt English
- *hantijaną Proto-Germanic
- henten Middle English
- hinten Middle English
- hunten Middle English