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Hengist definition

Hen·gist (heŋ′gist)

died 488; Jute chief; with his brother Horsa (died 455), he is reputed to have led the first Germanic invasion of England & to have founded the kingdom of Kent

Etymology: OE < hengest, stallion, akin to Ger hengst < IE base *ak-, to leap, spurt forth

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