Hengist

H4E1N1G2I1S1T1

proper noun

One of a pair of brothers (the other being Horsa) said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their invasion of Britain in the 5th century, and to have been the first of the Jutish kings of Kent.

OriginOld English hengest →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. human sciencesOne of a pair of brothers (the other being Horsa) said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their invasion of Britain in the 5th century, and to have been the first of the Jutish kings of Kent.

    Their captains were two brothers, called Hengist and Horsa.

    1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 37

Origin

  1. Old Englishhengest“stallion”
  2. EnglishHengist

From Old English hengest (“stallion”).

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