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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hent \Hent\ (h[e^]nt), verb (used with an object) [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.
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