Ge-hentan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-hentan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hentan
p. te; pp. ed To take, seize; căpĕre, prehendĕre :-- Hió abít hæleða gehwilcne ðe hió gehentan mæg she devours every man whom she can seize, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 64; Met. 13, 32. Eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton all that they could seize, Chron. 905; Erl. 98, 17. ge-hentan
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