hengist

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Definition of hengist

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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.

“Their captains were two brothers, called Hengist and Horsa.”

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From Old English hengest (“stallion”).

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