Old English · proper noun

Hæstingas

Part of speech: proper noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
Modern English: hastings sussex

Meaning

(plural)Hastings (a town in East Sussex, England), site of the Battle of Hastings

Declension

Declension of Hæstingas
	Plural
Nominative	Hæstingas
Accusative	Hæstingas
Genitive	Hæstinga
Dative	Hæstingum

Etymology

From *Hæsta (“a personal name”) + -ing (“follower”) + -as (nominative/accusative plural), literally “followers of Hæsta”, a term transferred to their settlement.

Descendants

hastings

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