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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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tap1 device for drawing liquid from a vessel. OE.
tæppa = MLG., MDu.
tappe (Du.
tap), OHG.
zapho, MHG.
zapfe (G.
zapfen), ON.
tappi :- Gmc. *
tappan-.
Hence
tap vb. fit with a tap OE.; draw (liquor) with a tap XV. Late OE.
tappian.
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About the Saxon Rebellion and the Massacre at Amesbury
Magazine article from: Arthuriana; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...mercenaries under their leaders, Hengist and Horsa, to fight the Picts. However...arrived, led by the brothers Hengist and Horsa, they were welcomed by Vortigern...He fought vigorously against Hengist and Horsa and in four battles drove them...
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Gad fly - Mekon merry
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 5/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...been inspired by the Saxon invaders Hengist and Horsa when they landed in Kent. It reminded...he asked a favourite teacher what HORSA huts - well remembered, little...was beneath that very spot that Horsa fought his first battle on English...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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WONDER HORSE; You might expect ROY STRONG, the scourge of so much modern art, to detest the Stallion of the South. Read on ...(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 2/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...Legend has it that when two Saxon brothers, Hengist and Horsa, led an invasion of England and founded...banner on which there was a white horse. Hengist's name actually means 'white horse' and Horsa's means 'stallion'. There could be...
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The Continental homelands of the Anglo-Saxons.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...settling in Britain. According to the Venerable Bede, the first historian of the English people, the first Jutes, Hengist and Horsa landed at Ebbsfleet in the Isle of Thanet in 449; and the Jutes later settled in Kent, southern Hampshire, and...
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If we really lived by Canada's constitution we would look to the Bible for our laws.
Magazine article from: Canadian Speeches; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...The unwritten part enshrines our Common Law heritage, which goes back to about 450 A.D., when two Danes named Hengist and Horsa were invited -- well, they said they were invited -- to unify the government of Britain. They established a royal...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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TIME OUT: QUIZ CHALLENGE.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/25/2008; 447 words
; ...World taken? 5. Where is the launch site for Europe's Ariane space rockets? ANSWER QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Capri; 2 Hengist and Horsa; 3 Gary Cooper; 4 The Tempest; 5 Kourou, French Guiana.
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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TIME OUT: Quiz of the Day.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 2/11/2008; 521 words
; ...century cookery writer Mrs Beeton? 10. Which area of Sydney is known as the bohemian quarter? ANSWERS: 1 Capri; 2 Hengist and Horsa; 3 Gary Cooper; 4 The Tempest; 5 Kourou, French Guiana; 6 You're Beautiful; 7 Gaborone; 8 New Zealand...
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QUIZ CHALLENGE.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/11/2006; 340 words
; ...mathematical name for the highest point of a triangle? 5. Which hand-held percussion instruments are associated with flamenco dancing? ANSWERS QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 The retina' 2 Hengist and Horsa' 3 The Maquis' 4 The apex' 5 Castanets.
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Ancient & modern
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 3/25/2000; ; 601 words
; ...homogenised mass. It is keeping the politicians out which is the problem. Meanwhile, we should all start demanding vast EU grants to explore our family links with Julius Caesar, Hengist and Horsa and William the Conqueror. Peter Jones
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Y llaeth wedi suro a'r mel yn chwerw; Westgate.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/11/2002; 700+ words
; ...credwn y chwedlau, plant Abraham ydynt i gyd - un garfan yn disgyn o Isaac a'r llall o Ishmael. A'r sefyllfa Hengist a Horsa hon sydd yn gyfrifol am y tywallt gwaed anfaddeuol ar hyn o bryd. Nid oedd Hitler yn ei lawn bwyll meddir: yr oedd...
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Hengist and Horsa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hengist and Horsa , names of two brothers who, according...Britain and founded the kingdom of Kent . Hengist would more properly be written Hengest...fought a battle with Vortigern, in which Horsa was killed (c.455). The names may...
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Hengist
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Hengist and Horsa Jutish brothers, leaders...SAXON CHRONICLE claimed that Hengist and Horsa were joint kings of Kent and that when Horsa was killed (455) in battle, Aesc, the son of Hengist (died c. 488), succeeded...
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Horsa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Horsa see Hengist and Horsa .
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Vortigern
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vortigern , 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 to Kent to help withstand the Picts and Scots. Later he quarreled and fought with Hengist and Horsa.
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kingdom of Kent
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Historians are in dispute over the authenticity of the traditional belief that Hengist and Horsa landed in 449 to defend the Britons against the Picts and whether Hengist and his son Aesc subsequently turned against their employer, Vortigern . The...
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