Hengist and Horsa (redirect from Hengest and Horsa)
successfully conquered Kent, becoming the forefather of its kings. A figure named Hengest, possibly identifiable with the leader of British legend, appears in the...
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Finn and Hengest is a study by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Alan Bliss and published posthumously in book form in 1982. Finn and Hengest are two Anglo-Saxon...
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herself and Finn. After the battle, Finn and a character named Hengest make a loyalty pact. Hengest is a leader among Hnæf's surviving warriors. The circumstances...
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of the Kingdom of Kent: The two first commanders are said to have been Hengest and Horsa ... They were the sons of Victgilsus, whose father was Vecta...
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Her Hengest 7 Horsa fuhton wiþ Wyrtgeorne þam cyninge, in þære stowe þe is gecueden Agælesþrep, 7 his broþur Horsan man ofslog; 7 æfter þam Hengest feng...
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and Hnæf was killed. Hnæf's retainer Hengest took command, and the sides engaged in a peace treaty; but Hengest and the Danes later avenged Hnæf's death...
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the Historia, Hengest and Horsa fought the invaders of Britain under the condition of gaining the Island of Thanet. The daughter of Hengest, Rowena, later...
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the Danish lord Hnæf, and was killed in a fight with Hnæf's lieutenant Hengest after Hnæf was himself killed by Frisians. A passage from Beowulf as translated...
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of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, the daughter of the Saxon king Hengest and wife of Vortigern. Rowena can also refer to: Rowena, Georgia, an unincorporated...
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reconstruct an actual English mythology, leading up to how the brothers Hengest and Horsa led the Jutes to Britain and founded England. He made a story...
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