different between hent vs kent

English

Alternative forms

• hente (13th-16th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English henten (also hynten, hinten > English hint), from Old English hentan (“to pursue, chase after, seize, arrest, grasp”), from Proto-Germanic *hantijan? (“to seize”), related to Old English huntian (“to hunt”), Old High German hunda (“spoils, booty”).

Verb

hent (third-person singular simple present hents, present participle henting, simple past and past participle hent)

1. (obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.

   • And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.

2. (obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To clear; to go beyond.

Anagrams

• Neth, Neth., Then, ethn-, then

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *h?nt, from Proto-Celtic *sentus, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??nd/

Noun

hent m (plural hentoù)

1. way, road, path.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hent

1. imperative of hente

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nt/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophone: hendt

Verb

hent

1. imperative of henta

Old Norse

Adjective

hent

1. strong feminine nominative singular of hentr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hentr
3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of hentr

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Old Norse hentr

Adjective

hent

1. handy, skilful

Synonyms

• tåma

Derived terms

• trehent (“skilful with wood”)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

Noun

kent (plural kents)

1. (Scotland) A shepherd's staff.
2. (Scotland) A pole or pike.

Verb

kent (third-person singular simple present kents, present participle kenting, simple past and past participle kented)

1. (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Anagrams

• tekn-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

kent

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of kennen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of kennen

Anagrams

• nekt

Hungarian

Etymology

ken +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?nt]

Verb

kent

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken

Participle

kent

1. past participle of ken

Declension

Middle Dutch

Verb

kent

1. inflection of kennen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   3. plural imperative

Scots

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?nt], [kent]

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Adjective

kent (comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)

1. known

Derived terms

• ert-kent

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?nt]

Noun

kent (plural kents)

1. shepherd's staff

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (kent, “village, town, city”), from Sogdian [script needed] (kand, “city”). Compare Old Turkic kend? (kend, “city, settlement”). Possibly cognate with Northern Kurdish gund (“village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c?nt/

Noun

kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

1. (countable) city

Declension

Synonyms

• ?ehir

Derived terms

See also

• köy
• kasaba

References

Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/

Noun

kent

1. wind

References

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2