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The first part of the word, which is recorded in English since 1360, comes from the Old English hengest, meaning “horse”, notably stallion, cognates of which also occur in many Teutonic languages, such as Old Frisian, German and Dutch hengst.
Henchman « Isegoria 2008
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Þo saide hengest to þan kinge {;} louerd hercne tẏdinge.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Biuoren wende hengest {;} ⁊ hors him alre hændest.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þa queð hengest to þan kinge {;} lauerd hærcne tiðende.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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The first element is Anglo-Sax. hengest, stallion, and its most usual surnominal forms are Hensman and
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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Þe king hine bi {} þohte {;} whæt he don mihte. he sende to þan innen {;} after al his monnen þer com hengest þer com hors {;} þer com m {a} ni mon ful oht. þer come {n} þa saxisce men {;} hengestes cunnes {} men.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þe worse was þare wel neh {;} þat to soche game his wel sleh. þe worse þat neuere ne doþ god {;} he meẏnde þare þes kinges mod þe king mornede swiþe {;} for habbe hire to wifue. þat was swiþe loþlich þing {;} þat þe cristene king. louede þat Maide heaþene {;} folk to harme. he bad hengest his dring {;} ȝiuen him þat maide child.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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