hunten

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English huntian, from Proto-Germanic *huntōn, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-. ==== Alternative forms ==== honte, honten, hounty, hunnte, hunte honti, huntien (Early Middle English); hunntenn (Ormulum) hount, hunt (Northern) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhuntən/ ==== Verb ==== hunten (third-person singular simple present hunteth, present participle huntende, huntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hunted) To hunt (search for an animal for meat or sport) To hunt down; to pursue with enmity or ferocity. To pursue or strive towards [with after] (rare) To fish; to catch fish. (rare) To hunt in (a particular area) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: hunt Middle Scots: hunt, hount Scots: hunt Yola: hint ===== References ===== “hunten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hunten (Early Middle English) plural of hunte