Etymology
Etymology uncertain. Cognate with Old Frisian
hengst, Old High German hengist (German
Hengst ‘stallion’), Middle Low German hingst (Dutch
hengst), Old Norse hestr (Swedish
häst).
Noun
hengest m
- horse, gelding, stallion
- An hundred wildra horsa and xvi tame hencgestas: a hundred wild horses and sixteen tame stallions. (Diplomatarium Anglicum)
