Hengist: Meaning and Definition of

Hen•gist

Pronunciation: (heng'gist, hen'jist), [key]
— n.
  1. died a.d. 488?, chief of the Jutes: with his brother Horsa led the Teutonic invasion of southern Britain c440.
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