Hengest

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Hengest oþþe Hengist (d. 488?) wæs wealdend Cent in sūþeastum Englalande.

Þā sōþsaca his līfes sind ungecnāwen, ac æfter Bedan (se wrāt nēah 200 gēarum æfter þǣm belimpum on frignunge), wǣron hē and his brōðor Horsa esnewyrhtan þǣm Bryttiscan wealdende Wyrtegeorne, and wurdon gehȳrode tō campienne wiþ Peohtum. Æfter his sigum wiþ Peohtum, ingelaðode mā landsētan of Germanie tō undersittenne in Brytene and þā wiþfuhton wiþ Wyrtegeorn, þā staðolode hine selfne swā cyning on Cent.

Swā maniga bēc hit tealdon, bēgen Hengest and Horsa Eote wǣron, and suna Eotisces heafodmannes, Wihtgils gehātte. Wihtgils wæs Witting, Witta Wecting, Wecta Wōdning, fram þǣm Wōdne āwōc manig Englisc cyne cynn.

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