Horsa

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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Germanic

Meaning & History

From the Germanic element hros or hors meaning "horse". Horsa and his brother Hengist were the leaders of the first Germanic settlers to arrive in Britain.

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Sources & References

  • Ernst Förstemann, Altdeutsches namenbuch (1900), page 867
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