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Vortigern (vôr`tĭgərn), 5th cent., tribal king of Britons in Wales and S England. Tradition transmitted by Bede says that Vortigern invited the Germanic leaders Hengist and Horsa Hengist and Horsa , names of two brothers who, according to tradition, led the Jutish invasion of Britain and founded the kingdom of Kent. Hengist would more properly be written Hengest.
..... Click the link for more information. to Kent to help withstand the Picts and Scots. Later he quarreled and fought with Hengist and Horsa.

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No references found			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 By my faith, I could pardon the unhappy Vortigern, had he half the cause that we now witness, for making shipwreck of his honour and his kingdom. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context			vortex burner vortex cage meter vortex distribution method vortex filament Vortex Furnace vortex generator vortex line vortex precession flowmeter vortex ring vortex shedding vortex sheet Vortex Street vortex thermometer vortex trail vortex train vortex tube vortex-shedding meter Vortical Duplication Machining vortical field Vortical Motion Vorticella Vorticism vorticity vorticity equation vorticity-transport hypothesis Vortigern Vortsjarv Vortsjärv Võrtsjärv Voru Vorvulev, Nikolai Vorvulev, Nikolai Dmitrievich Vorwarts Vorwärts Vorwarts! Vorwärts! Vorykva Vorzel VOS Vos, Cornelis de Vos, Marten de Vos, Paulus de Vose Imeni Vose, Seth Morton Vosges Voshchanka Voshchilo, Vasilii Voskanian, Arus Voskanian, Arus Tigranovna Voskhod Voskov, Semen			vorticism vorticism Vorticist Vorticist Vorticists Vorticists vorticities vorticities vorticity vorticity vorticity Vorticity equation Vorticity transport equation Vorticity-free Vorticity-free vorticity-transport hypothesis Vorticosae vorticose vorticose vorticose vorticose vein vorticose vein Vorticose veins Vorticose veins Vorticose veins vorticular vorticular vorticular Vortigen Vortiger Vortigern vortiginous VORTRAC Võrts Järv Vortsjarv Vortsjärv Võrtsjarv Võrtsjärv Vortumnus Vortumnus Voru Võru Vorvaerts Vorverkauf Vorvulev, Nikolai Vorvulev, Nikolai Dmitrievich Vorwaerts Vorwarts Vorwärts Vorwarts! Vorwärts! VORWS Vorykva Vorzeit Vorzeit Vorzel Vorzugsaktien

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