Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hent \Hent\ (h[e^]nt), v. t. [imp. {Hente}; p. p. {Hent}.] [OE.
   hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take,
   seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E.
   hunt.]
   To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] --Piers
   Plowman. --Spenser.

         This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. --Chaucer.

         But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes
         and on learning he it spente.            --Chaucer.

Hent \Hent\ (h[e^]nt), v. t. [imp. {Hente}; p. p. {Hent}.] [OE.
   hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take,
   seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E.
   hunt.]
   To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] --Piers
   Plowman. --Spenser.

         This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. --Chaucer.

         But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes
         and on learning he it spente.            --Chaucer.