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==Etymology==
− It is of obscure origin,^(Hoad 1986) probably an alteration of the obsolete [[hent]], an act of seizing, a grasp,^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)^(Hoad 1986) from Middle English hinten, to tell, inform (about 1400), earlier to catch, seize,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[inh|ang|hentan|t=to seize]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Proto-Germanic *hantijan, source also of Gothic hinþan, to seize,^(Etymonline) and related to [[hunt]].^(Etymonline)
+ It is of obscure origin,^(Hoad 1986) probably an alteration of the obsolete [[hent]], an act of seizing, a grasp,^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)^(Hoad 1986) from [[enm|hinten]], to tell, inform (about 1400), earlier to catch, seize,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[inh|ang|hentan|t=to seize]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[gem-pro|*hantijan]], source also of Gothic hinþan, to seize,^(Etymonline) and related to [[hunt]].^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==