An archaic or dialectal English word meaning to seize, grasp, or take hold of something.
From Old English 'hendan' or 'hend,' meaning to seize or grasp. Related to Old High German 'hentan.' The word fell out of common use by the Early Modern period but survives in some dialects.
Shakespeare's contemporaries used 'hend,' but it disappeared from standard English—a reminder that thousands of words we once used daily have vanished, leaving only traces in old texts and remote dialects.
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