Hengest
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Hengest oþþe Hengist (d. 488?) wæs wealdend Cente in sūþeastum Englalande.
Þā sōþsaca his līfes sind ungecnāwen, ac æfter Bede (se wrāt nearly 200 gēara æfter þǣm belimpum on frignunge), wǣron hē and his brōðor Horsa esnewyrhtan þǣm Bryttiscan wealdende Vortigerne, and wurdon gehȳrode tō campienne wiþ þā Pictas. Æfter his sigum wiþ þā Pictas, ingelaðode mā landsētan of Germanian tō undersittenne in Brytene and þā wiþfuhton wiþ Vortigern, þā staðolode hine selfne swā cyning in Cente.
Bēgen Hengest and Horsa are described as being Iotan, and suna Iotisces heafodmenn, Wihtgils gehātte.
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Centisc Cyning | Succeeded by: Oisc |