Hengest
- a variation of Hengist.
Example Sentences
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Hengest & Horsa used to love mead, but 1949's perspiring Vikings gave the impression that they would rather have had some cool beer.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to the Chronicle, which probably derived its information from a lost list of Kentish kings, Hengest died in 488, while his son Aesc continued to reign until 512.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
But surely the expression merely marks Hengest out as a person of special interest.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
The Ascingas were among the early settlers, and Æsc was the name of the son of Hengest.
From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert
The “battle-young king” is probably the Hengest of v.
From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various
