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Horsa

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Horsa: see Hengist and Horsa Hengist and Horsa (hĕng`gĭst, hôr`sə)
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Horsa
died ?455 ad, leader, with his brother Hengist, of the first Jutish settlers in Britain


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The race of Hengist is gone--- The name of Horsa is no more
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
It supplies the names of the earliest Saxon leaders, Hengist and Horsa (who also figure in the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'), and narrates at length their treacherous dealings with Vortigern.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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