What is "hengist"

Hengist is an Anglo-Saxon leader in British legend.

Hengist may also refer to:

• Hengist, King of Kent, a 17th-century play about the Saxon king by Thomas Middleton
• MV Hengist, a ferry formerly used in the Dover-to-Calais channel crossing
• Slingsby Hengist, a British World War II glider
• Hengest, an Anglo-Saxon hero appearing in Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment, who may or may not be the same as the above king