Definition of Haestingas. Meaning of Haestingas. Synonyms of Haestingas

- The Haestingas, Heastingas or Hæstingas were one of the tribes of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Not very much is known about them. They settled in what became...
- based around modern Leicestershire, later conquered by the Mercians; the Hæstingas (around the town of Hastings in Sus****); and the Gewisse. The four main...
- the form Hastingas. This is derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas, meaning 'the constituency (followers) of Hæsta'. Symeon of Durham records...
- century. The people who were known as the Haestingas were a separate group to those of the South Saxons. The Haestingas became a sub-kingdom of the Kingdom...
- Hampshire and also possibly the area around Hastings in East Sus**** (Haestingas). J E A Jolliffe compared agricultural and farming practices across 5th...
- campaign against the Franks and Rome. King Offa of Mercia defeats the Haestingas, and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of Sus****. Kʼakʼ Tiliw...
- the battlefield. The battle was already being referred to as "bellum Haestingas" or "Battle of Hastings" by 1086, in the Domesday Book. The sun rose at...
- the late 8th century, Sus**** seems to have absorbed the Kingdom of the Haestingas, after the region was conquered by the Mercian king Offa. A large part...
- and territories are mentioned in sources such as the Tribal Hideage: Haestingas Hwicce Kingdom of the Iclingas, a precursor state to Mercia Isle of Wight...
- and 725 and there is some suggestion that he may have been King of the Hæstingas. Some of the Anglo-Saxon charters that date from the Kingdom of Sus****...