单词 | i-hent |
释义 | † i-hentv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To seize (a person or thing); to grasp. ΚΠ eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 904 Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land..& namon ægðer ge on Br[æ]dene ge ðær ymbutan eall þæt hie gehentan [OE Tiber. B.i gehenton] mehton. eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) (2009) xiii. 28 Ærest abit hire agenes huses hirde, and hraðe siððan hæleða gehwilcne þe hio gehentan mæg. 2. transitive. To catch (a falling person).In quots. in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] lasteOE i-hentc1225 uphold?c1225 upbeara1300 sustainc1300 understand13.. uplift1338 maintainc1350 supporta1393 underset1395 buttressc1400 supprise1447 bolster1508 stay1526 stay1526 undershore?a1534 underpropa1535 to hold up by the chin1546 back1548 suborn1548 suffult?c1550 upshore?1567 shoulder1577 upstay1600 underwrite1609 abone1622 crutch1641 float1823 backstop1956 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 281 For þi wes wedlac ilahet in hali chirche..to ihente þe unstronge. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 291 For hwa se swa falleð of meiðhades menske, þet wedlakes heuel bedd nawt ham ne ihente, se ferliche ha driueð dun to þer eorðe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.eOE |
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