Hengest

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Hengest oþþe Hengist (d. 488?) ƿæs ƿealdend Cent rīce in sūþeastre Brytene.

Þā sōþsaca his līfes sind unȝecnāƿen, ac æfter Bedan (se ƿrāt nēah 200 ȝēarum æfter þǣm belimpum on friȝnunge), ƿǣron hē and his brōðor Horsa esneƿyrhtan þǣm Bryttiscan ƿealdende Ƿyrteȝeorne, and ƿurdon ȝehȳrode tō campienne ƿiþ Peohtum. Æfter his siȝum ƿiþ Peohtum, inȝelaðode mā landsētan of Germanie tō undersittenne on Brytene and þā ƿiþfuhton ƿiþ Ƿyrteȝeorn, þā staðolode hine selfne sƿā cyning on Cent.

Sƿā mæniȝa bēc hit tealdon, bēȝen Hengest and Horsa Eote ƿǣron, and suna Eotisces hēafodmannes, Ƿihtgils ȝehātte. Ƿihtgils ƿæs Ƿitting, Ƿitta Ƿecting, Ƿecta Ƿōdning, fram þǣm Ƿēdne āƿōc mæniȝ Englisc cyne cynn.