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Vortigern meaning

A male given name from Proto-Brythonic, of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.

Using Vortigern

  • The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Proto-Brythonic, of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.
  • In the example corpus, vortigern often appears in combinations such as: vortigern that, with vortigern, of vortigern.

Context around Vortigern

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tells 2× now 1× told 1× wishes 1× accept 1× inform 1× get 1× whomever 1× manipulated 1× king 1×

Often after:

must 1× falls 1× asks 1× deems 1× set 1× nor 1× allowed 1× comments 1× responds 1× likes 1×

Sentence patterns with Vortigern

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

accept whomever vortigern likes among 1× account and vortigern asks 1× ambassadors inform vortigern that hengist 1× and tells vortigern that while 1× and that vortigern s nobles 1× british king vortigern was trying 1× devil in vortigern s heart 1× due to vortigern s marriage 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to bede 1× according to frank 1× according to nennius 1× after immediately executing 1× after the saxons 1× at hengist s 1×

Common sentence endings:

a single thong 1× accept the appointment 1× and vortigern asks 1× at his court 1× back to germania 1× could defend himself 1×

Words around Vortigern

Just before it in the word index:

vorticons 3 vorticon 2 vorticity 5 vortices 40 vortexes 3 vortex 211

Just after it in the word index:

vortimer 8 vortx 2 vory 4 vos 84 vosarogo 2 vosburgh 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

abakaliki 60 abbasi 60 abductors 60 abstaining 60 accumulator 60 adhesives 60

Corpus analysis for Vortigern

  • In this selection, "vortigern" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tells, now, told, must, falls and asks stand out and add context to how "vortigern" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include accept whomever vortigern likes among and account and vortigern asks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vortigern" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vortigern

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Hengist reassures Vortigern that Hengist will always be faithful to him. (11 words)

Hengist convened his forces and sent to Vortigern an offer of peace. (12 words)

At Hengist's mention of Mercury, Vortigern looks "earnestly upon them" and asks them their religion. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Vortigern comments that he is grieved that pagans have come to help him, but says that he rejoices at their arrival as, "whether by God's providence, or some other agency," their assistance is much needed, for Vortigern is surrounded by enemies. (42 words)

Vortigern responds that it is not in his power to appoint Hengist to these positions, reasoning that Hengist is a pagan, that he barely knows Hengist, that Hengist's people are strangers and that Vortigern's nobles would not accept the appointment. (42 words)

The ambassadors inform Vortigern that Hengist does not intend to stay with Vortigern nor does Hengist intend to attack his countrymen, but rather he has brought his men because he thought Vortimer was yet living, so that he could defend himself. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

In chapter 12, Hengist tells Vortigern that, due to Vortigern's marriage to his daughter Rowena, Hengist is now Vortigern's father, and Vortigern must now heed his counsel.

Geoffrey refers to Hengist as a "man of experience and subtilty," and records that Hengist told Vortigern that Vortigern's enemies assail him from every quarter, and that few of Vortigern's subjects love him.

Hengist bows low in thanks, and tells Vortigern that, while Vortigern has provided him with much land, he wishes Vortigern would make of him a consul or a prince, as Hengist notes Hengist's royal heritage dictates.

Vortigern falls in love with the pagan Rowena (due to the influence of "the devil" in Vortigern's heart, according to the account) and Vortigern asks.

Hengist and Horsa accept Vortigern's offer, settle on an agreement, and stay with Vortigern at his court.

Hengist says that, if Vortigern deems these terms acceptable, he requests that Vortigern set a time and place for them to meet.

The ambassadors inform Vortigern that Hengist does not intend to stay with Vortigern nor does Hengist intend to attack his countrymen, but rather he has brought his men because he thought Vortimer was yet living, so that he could defend himself.

Vortigern allowed Hengist to send for more of Hengist's countrymen to come over to Britain and fight for Vortigern.

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Vortigern comments that he is grieved that pagans have come to help him, but says that he rejoices at their arrival as, "whether by God's providence, or some other agency," their assistance is much needed, for Vortigern is surrounded by enemies.

Vortigern responds that it is not in his power to appoint Hengist to these positions, reasoning that Hengist is a pagan, that he barely knows Hengist, that Hengist's people are strangers and that Vortigern's nobles would not accept the appointment.

Witnessing this, the Britons try to get Vortigern to banish the pagan Saxons from Vortigern's coasts.

Yet now that he, Hengist, no longer doubts the death of Vortimer, Hengist submits himself and his people to the will of Vortigern, so that he will accept whomever Vortigern likes among his men, and send the rest back to Germania.

According to Bede, Hengist manipulated Vortigern into granting more land and allowing for more settlers to come in, paving the way for the Germanic settlement of Britain.

According to Frank D. Reno, this would indicate that Ambrosius' influence was formidable, since Vortigern considered him more of a threat than northern invaders and attempts to restore Roman rule in Britain.

According to Nennius, Ambrosius was discovered when the British king Vortigern was trying to erect a tower.

After immediately executing Vortigern's orders, Hengist took a bull's hide, and made the hide into a single thong.

After the Saxons had lived on Thanet for "some time" Vortigern promised them supplies of clothing and other provisions on condition that the Saxons assist him in fighting the enemies of his country.

At Hengist's mention of Mercury, Vortigern looks "earnestly upon them" and asks them their religion.

Hengist convened his forces and sent to Vortigern an offer of peace.

Hengist reassures Vortigern that Hengist will always be faithful to him.

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Common combinations with vortigern

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vortigern" in a sentence?
An example: "In chapter 12, Hengist tells Vortigern that, due to Vortigern's marriage to his daughter Rowena, Hengist is now Vortigern's father, and Vortigern must now heed his counsel." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "vortigern" from authentic English texts.
What does "vortigern" mean?
Vortigern means: A male given name from Proto-Brythonic, of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.
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