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5th century warrior and brother of hengest who took part in the conquest of Britain?
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Who was brother of Hengest a 5th century warrior?
Horsa was the brother of Hengest, a 5th century warrior who played a key role in the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. Together, the two brothers led the Anglo-Saxon mercenaries who were hired by the British king Vortigern.
Who was brother of Hengest?
Horsa
Who is the Anglo saxon leader brother of horsa?
Hengest
Is Chris hench?
A hench is a horse. O.E. hengest "horse, stallion, gelding," from P.Gmc. **hangistas (cf. O.Fris. hengst, Du. hengest, Ger. Hengst "stallion"). Related to henchman ("high-ranking servant" ... The guy who held the horse for his 'lord' ... thus a henchman does the lord's dirtywork).
What has the author Gordon Ward written?
Gordon Ward has written: 'Hengest' -- subject(s): History 'The 14 Ranch, 1879-1994' -- subject(s): History
What was the names of the Anglo-saxon gods?
gods-woden, ingui, thunor, hengest, tiw, welund, seaxneat goddesses-helith, freo, eostre, nethus, erce, fringe, hretha, mothers
What is the plot of the story The Lantern Bearers?
The story is set during the turbulent years following the withdrawal of the last Roman troops from Britain. The land is reeling under the onslaught of Saxon raiders, the Pict War and a slave revolt. Vortigern, the British-Celtic chieftain, has invited Hengest the Saxon and his tribe to fight the Picts, and relies on Roman soldiers to hold the Saxons in check. Rome is increasingly under threat from the barbarian hordes surrounding it on all sides and cannot afford to deal with the problems of a distant province. 18 year-old Aquila, descendent of Marcus Flavius Aquila, is a Decurion of Roman cavalry, serving in the Auxiliary legion at Rutupiae. The story begins when Aquila is home on leave at the family farm in the Downs, with his blind father Flavian, younger sister Flavia and trusted servants who have served his family for years. The few remaining Romans, including Aquila's father Flavian, look upon Ambrosius Aurelianus, the descendent of a Welsh princess and a Roman soldier, as the last hope of Britain. Aquila is hastily recalled to Rutupiae where he is informed that all Roman troops will be withdrawing from Britain in three days on orders from Rome. Caught by surprise, Aquila struggles between loyalty to his duty and attachment with his homeland. At the last minute, he decides that he belongs to Britain and not Rome and so deserts the army. As the last of the legions sail away, he lights the beacon at Rutupiae for the last time. He returns home, only to have the farm attacked by a raiding party of Saxons two days later. In the skirmish, Aquila kills the leader of the band but is soon overpowered by the many assailants. He is forced to watch while a tall blond giant carries away Flavia forcibly. The raiders kill everyone else on the farm and burn down everything. Aquila is left tied to a tree for the wolves as revenge for killing the Saxon. The Saxons are followed by a band of Jutish raiders, who find Aquila and take him to Jutland. Aquila spends nearly 3 years as a slave, during which time he learns that the Saxons who murdered his family and destroyed his home were no chance band of raiders but sent there by Hengest as revenge on Flavian and others who had dared to write to Consul Aetius in Rome pleading for help against Vortigern and the Saxons. Flavian had been betrayed by a bird-catcher who used to carry messages between the Roman plotters. Often tormented by visions of his sister screaming for help, Aquila bides his time for the day he can return, find his sister and take revenge on the bird-catcher. Bad harvests force the Jutes to accept Hengest's invitation to settle in Britain. Aquila sails with them and returns to Britain only to find Rutupiae forsaken and devastated. With the Romans gone and Vortigern too powerless to resist, Hengest has free run of the land. Aquila is plotting his escape from the Saxon camp when he chances upon Flavia, who is now married to the man who abducted her and has a year-old child by him. She helps him escape but refuses to come with him, telling him that she cannot leave her husband and child. Devastated by her apparent betrayal, Aquila leaves alone and bitter. He stumbles upon a cheerful bee-keeping monk, Brother Ninnias, who lives by himself in a forest, the lone survivor of a Saxon raid upon his abbey. Brother Ninnias cuts away the thrall-ring around Aquila's neck and gives him food and shelter. During his stay with the monk, Aquila learns that the bird-catcher had betrayed his father only after being tortured by the Saxons and had died soon after. Denied his revenge as well as his sister, Aquila realises he no longer has a purpose in life. Brother Ninnias advises him to take up his father Flavian's cause and offer his service to the Prince of Britain, Ambrosius Aurelianius. Aquila travels to Dynas Ffaraon, Ambrosius's stronghold in the Welsh mountains and is soon accepted into the prince's Inner Companions. But past hurt and bitterness makes him wary of people and he soon begins to be called 'Lone Wolf'. Ambrosius tries to unite the people of Britain - Celts and Romans alike - to fight the Saxons. He tells Aquila to marry one of the two daughters of Cradoc, a Celtic chieftain whose life Aquila had once saved during battle, as an alliance to unite the two peoples and Aquila chooses younger spirited Ness over the beautiful elder sister, Rhyanidd. At first Aquila is quite indifferent to Ness and she resents him for taking her away from her home and her people. As years pass by, Aquila learns to let go of his hurt and open up to others, especially after the birth of his son who he names Flavian in his father's memory. In the years of skirmishes, uneasy truce and battles that follow, Ambrosius finally scores a decisive victory over the Saxons with the help of Artos (Arthur), his nephew, and Aquila. During the fight, Aquila sees a young dark-haired boy resembling his sister. He tries to dismiss it as his imagination but comes upon the boy lying unconscious on the road and realises that it is indeed Flavia's son. With Brother Ninnias' help, he tends to the boy's injuries, hides him from British soldiers and sends him back to his mother with a message for her. Later Aquila publicly confesses his deed to Ambrosius on the night of the banquet celebrating Ambrosius' ascension as the High King of Britain. Ambrosius listens to the whole story and forgives him. Aquila finally feels free and content even though he knows that the respite he and his people have found is only temporary and they cannot hold off the invaders from Britain forever.
National symbol of England?
the national bird for England has been the African swallow since 1984. Not true.Why would England choose a migrant bird which is not native? Our national bird is the wren. Surely Britain's national bird is the Robin.
Who were the first English people?
English relates to a nationality. An English person is someone who considers themselves part of the English nation. Although people have inhabited the geographic area we now know as England for thousands and thousands of years, England as a united, single entity did not exist until around 900AD and as such, the first English people cannot be earlier than this. Even then, although there was an England for the first English person to belong to the idea of national identity is actually a fairly recent development. Before this people would have primarily identified with different groups such as family lineages, smaller states or tribes rather than understanding themselves to be English. Long before such idea of identity developed nomadic groups travelled across from northern France/Scandinavia over 10,000 years ago. The first people that spoke English were obviously the English. According to legend, the first Anglo-Saxons to settle in Britain and therefore the first English people in the sense we understand it were led by men named Hengest and Horsa. These men could therefore be described as the first Englishmen.
What are a few medieval words?
The term "medieval" covers such a long period of history that language (like almost every aspect of life) evolved and changed considerably. An English peasant from a small village in 1050 would not be able to understand a peasant from that same village in 1450 - English changed so much.In 1050, the English word for a human being was gást; by 1450 it was man or leod; the early word for a storm was ýst, later it was rak or tempest.There was no word for "castle" in 1050, because such things did not exist; by 1100 the word castell was used. Later it was spelled castel.Old English had no word for "sugar", a substance which was introduced as a result of the Crusades and called sugre in Middle English.In 1050 a book was a boc, in 1450 it was a bok or book.In 1050 a horse was hengest or hengst , in 1450 it was a hors.Spelling also changed and simplified over time: the Old English word for "ship" was spelled scip [pronounced "ship"], in Middle English it was written ship.
What had happen to King Arthur at the end of the story?
Brief answer: he was seduced by a witch named Nimue (or possible Niamh, or even Vivian), who locked him away in a cave from which he will emerge at the world's end. She may not have intended to do this; according to some versions, she got the spell from Morgan le Fay, who wanted Merlin out of the way so she could wreak her wicked will on Arthur. In all Arthurian legends, one must remember that there are dozens of versions of the story from every Celtic corner of Europe. For the long answer, with Malory's version, see http://www.angelfire.com/me2/camelot/Merlin.html
Did J.R.R Tolkien write and publish other types of books besides fantasies?
He had another children's book called Mr. Bliss and Roverandom that was published * A Middle English Vocabulary (1922)* Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English text, 1925)* Some Contributions to Middle-English Lexicography(1925) ·* The Devil's Coach Horses (1925)* Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad (1929)* The Name 'Nodens' (1932)* Sigelwara Land parts I and II, in Medium Aevum(1932-34)* Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale (1934)* Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics (1936)* The Reeve's Tale: version prepared for recitation at the 'summer diversions' (1939)* On Fairy-Stories (1939)* Sir Orfeo (1944)* Ofermod and Beorhtnoth's Death (1953)* Middle English "Losenger": Sketch of an etymological and semantic enquiry (1953)* Ancrene Wisse: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle(1962)* English and Welsh (1963)* Introduction to Tree and Leaf (1964)* Contributions to the Jerusalem Bible (as translator and lexicographer) (1966)* Tolkien on Tolkien (autobiographical) (1966)* Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo(Modern English translations, 1975)* Finn and Hengest (1982)* The Monsters and the Critics (1983) * Beowulf and the Critics (2002)
