"Hengist" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Old English hengest (“stallion”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|hengest|t=stallion}} Old English hengest (“stallion”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hengist
  1. (mythology) 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. Wikipedia link: Hengist and Horsa Categories (topical): Mythology
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