Chapter 20

Abingdon, sheaf ordeal at,83-4,303Adam of Bremen, on the Götar,339Æthelbert of East Anglia,239-43Agnerus,132-3Alboin and Thurisind,281,282,285Alcester,Grindeles pyttnear,305Alcuin,22,332Aldfrid,325Aldhelm,331Alfsola,69Ali,seeOnelaAliel,seeRiganusAnglo-Saxon Chronicle, Pedigrees in,72etc.,312etc.Archæology in relation toBeowulf,122etc.,345-65Asbiorn,186-92Athils, Athislus,seeEadgilsAttila, funeral of, compared with that of Beowulf,124Atuarii,seeHetwareAyres, Prof. H. M., on theFinnsburgstory,266etc.Baldæg,321Baldr,69bana,270-1Battersea,Gryndeles syllenear,306"Bear's-son" folk-tale,62etc.,369-81Bēas broc,Bēas feld,310Bede, the Venerable,326etc.Bedwig,303-4Beow(a), Beaw,10,42etc.,87-8,202-3,291etc.,296etc.Beowi,303Beowulf the Dane (Beowulf Scyldinga),41etc.,88,92etc.,291etc.Beowulf son of Ecgtheow, king of the Geatas,10-13;his struggle with Grendel and Grendel's mother,41etc.;with the dragon,92etc.;his funeral rites,122etc.;etymology and meaning of the name,365-9Beowulf, suggested translation from a Scandinavian original,98-104;dialect, syntax and metre of,104-12;theories as to the structure of,112-20;the Christian elements in,121-8;date of,122,322etc.,353etc.;possible classical influence upon,329etc.;archæology of,345-65;division into fittes or passus,294etc.Biar,7,45Biuuulf,367Bjarkamál,26,264;Saxo's Latin translation quoted,135-6Bjarka rímur,58,182-6Bjarki,9,12,54-61,132-6,138-46,182-6Bjarndreingur,374-5Bjørnøre,377Blackburn, Prof., on the Christian element inBeowulf,125Blood-feud, in primitive society,276etc.Boar-helmets,350-1,358-9Bocus,26,135Boerinus,201Bothvar Bjarki,seeBjarkiBow, the, inBeowulf,361Bradley, Dr Henry, on the Christian elements inBeowulf,127;on Beow and Beowulf the Dane,293etc.;on the passus inBeowulf,294-5Brusi,187-92Brutus (Hildebrandus),222Bugge, Sophus, on theFinnsburgstory,257-66Burial mounds, Scandinavian,356Burials,122etc.,353-5Byggvir,45,297etc.Cerdic, his ancestry,316etc.Chadwick, Prof. H. M., on the date ofBeowulf,122,353etc.Chatuarii,seeHetwareChochilaicus,2,3Christianity ofBeowulf,121etc.,322etc.Cities of Refuge,276-7Clyst, river,44,310Creedy, the,Grendeles pytnear,305Crying the Neck,82-3,302Cynethryth,37etc.Dan, king of the Danes,129,204Danes, first mentioned soon afterA.D.500,14;their early kings,13-31;their early history as recorded in Saxo,129-37;in theLittle Chronicle of the Kings of Leire,204-6;in Sweyn Aageson,211;their relation to the English,314etc.Date ofBeowulf,122,322etc.,353etc.Dialect ofBeowulf,104Dorestad,259,288-9Dragons, not extinct in 1649,11(note);Frotho's dragon,92etc.,130-1;the Vendsyssel dragon,192-5Dunstan,332Drida,36etc.;238-43;see alsoThrythEadgils (Athils, Athislus),5-8;184,186,356Eaha,246Eanmund,5Eddaof Snorri,69Engelhardt, on the Moss-finds,345etc.Eomaer (Eamer),31,197-8Eotan, Eote,seeJutesEotenas, part played by them in theFinnsburg Episode,219etc.;260etc.;283etc.Eric, jarl,277,278Esthonian cult of Pekko,299etc.Ethelwerd,70etc.,202,318etc.Fahlbeck, Pontus, his Jute-theory,8,333etc.Faroe "Bear's-son" tale,375-6ferhð-freca,276Fifeldor,35,noteFinn, son of Folcwald,199,200,248etc.,253-4,283etc.,289Finnsburg, the story of,245-89;site of,259Florence of Worcester,8Folcwald(a),199Frealaf,321Freawaru, daughter of Hrothgar,21etc.,282Frisia in the Heroic Age,288-9Froda (Frothi, Frotho),21,24-5,211,282Frotho and the dragon,92-7,130-1Frowinus,33-4Funeral rites,seeBurialsGarulf, his part in theFinnsburgstory,246-7;283etc.,287Gautar,seeGeatasGeatas (O.N. Gautar),2,8-10,333-45;their kings,2-13;boundaries of their territory,339Gefwulf,286-7Genealogies,311etc.Giovanni dell' Orso,371Glam,48,147etc.,164etc.Godulf,200Götar,seeGeatasGokstad ship,363-4Gold in the Heroic Age,348etc.Gram Guldkølve,192,194Grändels môr in Transsylvania,308grandi,309Greek scholarship in Anglo-Saxon times,329Gregory of Tours, his account of the death of Hygelac,3-4,9,342Grendel,41etc.;occurrence of the name in English charters,305-6;etymology,309-10Grendles mere,43-4,306Grettir Asmundarson,48etc.,152-62,169-82Grettis Saga,162;extracts from,146-62;translation,162-82;death of Illugi,280Grimm's story ofDer Starke Hans,370Grindale village,308Grindle or Greendale brook, near Exeter,44,309grundel,309Grundtvig, his identification of Chochilaicus,4Guest (Gestr),seeGrettirGullinhjalti,141,146Guthlaf,246-7,252,267,285Haki,68-9Halga (Helgi, Helgo),14etc.,132,205,211Hall, Dr Clark, on the archæology ofBeowulf,346etc.Hall, the, inBeowulf,361Ham,Grendles merenear,43-4,306Hamlet (Amlethus),39;Hengest's hesitation compared to that of Shakespeare's Hamlet,266Hans, der starke,370Harold Fairhair and the Gautar,340Harvest customs,81etc.hēaburh,259noteHealfdene (Halfdan, Haldanus),14etc.,131,205,211Heardred, slain by Onela,5,13Heathobeardan,20etc.,244Hendon, "Grendels gate" near,306-7Hengest,246,250etc.,284etc.Henry (Henrik) slays a dragon,192-5Heorogar,14,287Heorot,13-20;see alsoLeireHeoroweard (Hjǫrvarðr, Hiarwarus),14,15,29-30,134-7,205-6,277Heremod,89etc.Hermuthruda,39Heruli, identified by some with the Heathobeardan,24Hetware (Atuarii),2-3Hiarthwarus, Hiarwarus,seeHeoroweardHickes, his text of theFinnsburg Fragment,245-6Hildebrandus, another name for Brutus,q.v.Hildeburh,248etc.Hjalti (Hott),55etc.,132etc.,138-46,182-6Hnæf,247etc.,283etc.Hocingas,249Hott,seeHjaltiHrethric,25-7,135(Röricus),211(Rökil)Hrothgar (Hroarr, Roe),14etc.,132,204,244Hrothulf (Rolf Kraki, Roluo),15,25-9,132-7,139-46,205-6,244Hugleikr,323Huglek,323Humblus,129Hunlafing,252,267,283Hygelac, death of,2-4Ialto,seeHjaltiIcelandic "Bear's-son" tale,374-5Illugi,see Grettis SagaIngeld, son of Froda,21etc.,244,282,284-5Intercourse between tribes in Heroic Age,348etc.Ivashko Medvedko,372-4Jean l'Ourson,378-9Jenny Greenteeth,307Jomsvikings,278Jovial huntsmen, the Three, their views,310Jutes, attempt to identify them with the Geatas,8-10,333-45;Jutes andEotenas,261etc.,272etc.Jutland, "Bear's-son" tale in,377Kálfsvísa,7,45Kemble, his mythological theories,291etc.Keto,33-4Klaeber, on the Christian element inBeowulf,126Lawrence, Prof. W. W., on mythology inBeowulf,43etc.,291etc.;onFinnsburg,270etc.Laxdæla Saga, parallels from,278-9Leifus,252,noteLeire,16etc.,134,204,211,216,365;see alsoHeorotLeire, Little Chronicle of the Kings of, extracts from,204-6Lethra,seeLeireLiber Historiae Francorum, account of the death of Chochilaicus (Hygelac) in,3"Lichtenheld's Test,"105etc.Lokasennaquoted,297-9Loki,297-9Lombard story of the "Bear's-son,"371Longobardi, relation to the Heathobeardan,23;311;see alsoAlboinLother(us),89etc.,129Malmesbury, William of,seeWilliam of MalmesburyMercian genealogy,195-8Milio,220Minstrelsy forbidden to priests,332Mitunnus,218etc.Möller, onFinnsburg,254-7Monsters and Strange Beasts, account of Hygelac in theBook of (Liber Monstrorum),4,339"Morsbachs Test,"107-12Moss-finds,345etc.Müllenhoff's theories onBeowulf,113etc.,292etc.Myrgingas,31-2,244Mythology inBeowulf,46etc.,291etc.Neck,seeCrying the NeckNeckersgate,307Njáls Saga, parallels from,271,277,280-1Norka, the,371-2North Frisians,249,note,273Northumbrian anarchy in the eighth century,324Norwegian folk-tale ("Bear's-son" type),376-7Nydam,345etc.Nydam boat,362-3Odyssey, parallels withBeowulf,329Offa I, king of Angel,31-40,197-8,206-15,217-35,244Offa II,36etc.,235-43Ohthere,5,343etc.;see alsoOttar Vendel-crowOnela,5-8,184-6Ongentheow,4-5,8Ordlaf (Oslaf),246,252,267,285,287Origin of the English,314etc.Orm Storolfsson,53,186-92Oseberg ship,363-4Oslaf,seeOrdlafOswin, king,324etc.Oswiu, king,325Otta,220Ottar Vendelcrow, his mound,343-5,356;see alsoOhtherePanzer, his derivation of the story ofBeowulffrom the "Bear's-son" folk-tale,67-8,369-81passus ofBeowulf,294etc.Peg o' Nell,307Peg Powler,307Pekko,87,299etc.Pellon-Pecko,seePekkoPeter Bär,378Pinefredus,seeOffa IIProcopius, mentions the Goutai (Geatas),8-9,338Riganus (or Aliel),218etc.Ring-corslets,351,360Ring-money,351-2Ring-swords,349etc.Roe,seeHrothgarRökil,seeHrethricRöricus,seeHrethricRolf Kraki, Saga of,16,55etc.;extract from,138-46;quoted in illustration of theFinnsburgstory,281,282Rolf Kraki,seeHrothulfRoluo,seeHrothulfRoskilde,18,132,204Runkoteivas,300Russian variants of the "Bear's-son" story,371-4Ruta,133Sämpsä,84-5,300Saga of Rolf Kraki, seeRolf Kraki, Saga ofSandhaugar,48,66,156-62,175-82Saxo Grammaticus,16;his story of Starcatherus,22-3;of Röricus,26;of Hiarwarus,30;of Uffo (Offa),32-3;of Biarco (Bjarki),57etc.;of Skyoldus,77;of Lotherus,89etc.;of Frotho,91etc.;on cremation,123;extracts from,129-37,206-11;on text of,215-16;282Sceaf,68-86,200-3,302etc.,311etc.Sceafa,311Scenery ofBeowulf,101Schücking, Prof.,on the structure ofBeowulf,117-20;on the date ofBeowulf,322etc.Schütte, on the Geatas,8,333etc.Sculda,133-4,204-5Scyld,68-86,201-4,303,314etc.Secgan,269,286Setukese,301Sheaf,seeSceafShield,seeScyldShield, the, in Anglo-Saxon times,360-1Ships,362-4Sigeferth,246-7,269,286,287Sigmund,91Sigurd Ring,69Sinfjotli, his foul language,28Skeggjatussi,375Skjold (Skyoldus),71etc.,130,211Skjoldunga Saga,account of Adilsus (Eadgils) in,7;of Rolf Kraki (Hrothulf),16etc.;quoted,69,252noteSpear, the, in Anglo-Saxon times,360Starkad (Starcatherus),22-3Steenklöwer, Stenhuggeren,380Stein,49,66,156-62,175-82,380Steinspieler,380Steinvǫr,157-62,175-82Stjerna, Knut,on the funeral customs ofBeowulf,124;on Ottar Vendelcrow,343-5;on the archæology ofBeowulf,346etc.Sueno,222Svold, battle of,277Sweden, kings of,4-8;seeEadgils, Ohthere, Onela, OngentheowSweyn Aageson, his account of Uffo (Offa),33;extract from,211-15;216Swinford,Grendels merenear,306Swords inBeowulfand in Anglo-Saxon grave-finds,357Ten Brink's theories onBeowulf,113etc.Theodoric, king of the Franks,3Thorgaut,150etc.,167etc.Thorhall Grimsson,146-56,163-74Thorsbjerg,345etc.Thryth,37etc.,238-43Tours, Gregory of,seeGregory of ToursUffo,seeOffaUll,303Unferth,27-30Ursula,205Vendel finds,347etc.Vendsyssel, dragon of,192-5Virgil, possible influence of, uponBeowulf,329etc.Vitae duorum Offarum,34etc.,217-43Vǫlsunga Saga, parallels from,275,286Wäder Öar and Wäder Fiord,342Warmundus,seeWermundusWeak and strong forms of heroic names used alternatively,311Wealhtheow, her forebodings,25Weapons inBeowulf,357-61Wederas, name applied to the Geatas,342Wener, Lake,9,342wer-gild,277Wermund,32etc.,197-8,206-15,217-26West-Saxon genealogy,72etc.,198-201,311etc.Widsith,account of the Heathobeardan in,20etc.;of Hrothulf,25;of Offa,31;of Sceafa,80;extract from,243-4;286;338Wiggo,133-7,264-5Wigo,33-4Wijk bij Duurstede,seeDorestadWilliam of Malmesbury,70etc.,203,302Woden's ancestors,311etc.Ynglinga talandYnglinga Saga,5-7,68-9,344Yte,seeJutesYtene,8,337

Abingdon, sheaf ordeal at,83-4,303

Adam of Bremen, on the Götar,339

Æthelbert of East Anglia,239-43

Agnerus,132-3

Alboin and Thurisind,281,282,285

Alcester,Grindeles pyttnear,305

Alcuin,22,332

Aldfrid,325

Aldhelm,331

Alfsola,69

Ali,seeOnela

Aliel,seeRiganus

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Pedigrees in,72etc.,312etc.

Archæology in relation toBeowulf,122etc.,345-65

Asbiorn,186-92

Athils, Athislus,seeEadgils

Attila, funeral of, compared with that of Beowulf,124

Atuarii,seeHetware

Ayres, Prof. H. M., on theFinnsburgstory,266etc.

Baldæg,321Baldr,69bana,270-1Battersea,Gryndeles syllenear,306"Bear's-son" folk-tale,62etc.,369-81Bēas broc,Bēas feld,310Bede, the Venerable,326etc.Bedwig,303-4Beow(a), Beaw,10,42etc.,87-8,202-3,291etc.,296etc.Beowi,303Beowulf the Dane (Beowulf Scyldinga),41etc.,88,92etc.,291etc.Beowulf son of Ecgtheow, king of the Geatas,10-13;his struggle with Grendel and Grendel's mother,41etc.;with the dragon,92etc.;his funeral rites,122etc.;etymology and meaning of the name,365-9Beowulf, suggested translation from a Scandinavian original,98-104;dialect, syntax and metre of,104-12;theories as to the structure of,112-20;the Christian elements in,121-8;date of,122,322etc.,353etc.;possible classical influence upon,329etc.;archæology of,345-65;division into fittes or passus,294etc.Biar,7,45Biuuulf,367Bjarkamál,26,264;Saxo's Latin translation quoted,135-6Bjarka rímur,58,182-6Bjarki,9,12,54-61,132-6,138-46,182-6Bjarndreingur,374-5Bjørnøre,377Blackburn, Prof., on the Christian element inBeowulf,125Blood-feud, in primitive society,276etc.Boar-helmets,350-1,358-9Bocus,26,135Boerinus,201Bothvar Bjarki,seeBjarkiBow, the, inBeowulf,361Bradley, Dr Henry, on the Christian elements inBeowulf,127;on Beow and Beowulf the Dane,293etc.;on the passus inBeowulf,294-5Brusi,187-92Brutus (Hildebrandus),222Bugge, Sophus, on theFinnsburgstory,257-66Burial mounds, Scandinavian,356Burials,122etc.,353-5Byggvir,45,297etc.

Baldæg,321

Baldr,69

bana,270-1

Battersea,Gryndeles syllenear,306

"Bear's-son" folk-tale,62etc.,369-81

Bēas broc,Bēas feld,310

Bede, the Venerable,326etc.

Bedwig,303-4

Beow(a), Beaw,10,42etc.,87-8,202-3,291etc.,296etc.

Beowi,303

Beowulf the Dane (Beowulf Scyldinga),41etc.,88,92etc.,291etc.

Beowulf son of Ecgtheow, king of the Geatas,10-13;

his struggle with Grendel and Grendel's mother,41etc.;

with the dragon,92etc.;

his funeral rites,122etc.;

etymology and meaning of the name,365-9

Beowulf, suggested translation from a Scandinavian original,98-104;

dialect, syntax and metre of,104-12;

theories as to the structure of,112-20;

the Christian elements in,121-8;

date of,122,322etc.,353etc.;

possible classical influence upon,329etc.;

archæology of,345-65;

division into fittes or passus,294etc.

Biar,7,45

Biuuulf,367

Bjarkamál,26,264;

Saxo's Latin translation quoted,135-6

Bjarka rímur,58,182-6

Bjarki,9,12,54-61,132-6,138-46,182-6

Bjarndreingur,374-5

Bjørnøre,377

Blackburn, Prof., on the Christian element inBeowulf,125

Blood-feud, in primitive society,276etc.

Boar-helmets,350-1,358-9

Bocus,26,135

Boerinus,201

Bothvar Bjarki,seeBjarki

Bow, the, inBeowulf,361

Bradley, Dr Henry, on the Christian elements inBeowulf,127;

on Beow and Beowulf the Dane,293etc.;

on the passus inBeowulf,294-5

Brusi,187-92

Brutus (Hildebrandus),222

Bugge, Sophus, on theFinnsburgstory,257-66

Burial mounds, Scandinavian,356

Burials,122etc.,353-5

Byggvir,45,297etc.

Cerdic, his ancestry,316etc.Chadwick, Prof. H. M., on the date ofBeowulf,122,353etc.Chatuarii,seeHetwareChochilaicus,2,3Christianity ofBeowulf,121etc.,322etc.Cities of Refuge,276-7Clyst, river,44,310Creedy, the,Grendeles pytnear,305Crying the Neck,82-3,302Cynethryth,37etc.

Cerdic, his ancestry,316etc.

Chadwick, Prof. H. M., on the date ofBeowulf,122,353etc.

Chatuarii,seeHetware

Chochilaicus,2,3

Christianity ofBeowulf,121etc.,322etc.

Cities of Refuge,276-7

Clyst, river,44,310

Creedy, the,Grendeles pytnear,305

Crying the Neck,82-3,302

Cynethryth,37etc.

Dan, king of the Danes,129,204Danes, first mentioned soon afterA.D.500,14;their early kings,13-31;their early history as recorded in Saxo,129-37;in theLittle Chronicle of the Kings of Leire,204-6;in Sweyn Aageson,211;their relation to the English,314etc.Date ofBeowulf,122,322etc.,353etc.Dialect ofBeowulf,104Dorestad,259,288-9Dragons, not extinct in 1649,11(note);Frotho's dragon,92etc.,130-1;the Vendsyssel dragon,192-5Dunstan,332Drida,36etc.;238-43;see alsoThryth

Dan, king of the Danes,129,204

Danes, first mentioned soon afterA.D.500,14;

their early kings,13-31;

their early history as recorded in Saxo,129-37;

in theLittle Chronicle of the Kings of Leire,204-6;

in Sweyn Aageson,211;

their relation to the English,314etc.

Date ofBeowulf,122,322etc.,353etc.

Dialect ofBeowulf,104

Dorestad,259,288-9

Dragons, not extinct in 1649,11(note);

Frotho's dragon,92etc.,130-1;

the Vendsyssel dragon,192-5

Dunstan,332

Drida,36etc.;238-43;see alsoThryth

Eadgils (Athils, Athislus),5-8;184,186,356Eaha,246Eanmund,5Eddaof Snorri,69Engelhardt, on the Moss-finds,345etc.Eomaer (Eamer),31,197-8Eotan, Eote,seeJutesEotenas, part played by them in theFinnsburg Episode,219etc.;260etc.;283etc.Eric, jarl,277,278Esthonian cult of Pekko,299etc.Ethelwerd,70etc.,202,318etc.

Eadgils (Athils, Athislus),5-8;184,186,356

Eaha,246

Eanmund,5

Eddaof Snorri,69

Engelhardt, on the Moss-finds,345etc.

Eomaer (Eamer),31,197-8

Eotan, Eote,seeJutes

Eotenas, part played by them in theFinnsburg Episode,219etc.;260etc.;283etc.

Eric, jarl,277,278

Esthonian cult of Pekko,299etc.

Ethelwerd,70etc.,202,318etc.

Fahlbeck, Pontus, his Jute-theory,8,333etc.Faroe "Bear's-son" tale,375-6ferhð-freca,276Fifeldor,35,noteFinn, son of Folcwald,199,200,248etc.,253-4,283etc.,289Finnsburg, the story of,245-89;site of,259Florence of Worcester,8Folcwald(a),199Frealaf,321Freawaru, daughter of Hrothgar,21etc.,282Frisia in the Heroic Age,288-9Froda (Frothi, Frotho),21,24-5,211,282Frotho and the dragon,92-7,130-1Frowinus,33-4Funeral rites,seeBurials

Fahlbeck, Pontus, his Jute-theory,8,333etc.

Faroe "Bear's-son" tale,375-6

ferhð-freca,276

Fifeldor,35,note

Finn, son of Folcwald,199,200,248etc.,253-4,283etc.,289

Finnsburg, the story of,245-89;

site of,259

Florence of Worcester,8

Folcwald(a),199

Frealaf,321

Freawaru, daughter of Hrothgar,21etc.,282

Frisia in the Heroic Age,288-9

Froda (Frothi, Frotho),21,24-5,211,282

Frotho and the dragon,92-7,130-1

Frowinus,33-4

Funeral rites,seeBurials

Garulf, his part in theFinnsburgstory,246-7;283etc.,287Gautar,seeGeatasGeatas (O.N. Gautar),2,8-10,333-45;their kings,2-13;boundaries of their territory,339Gefwulf,286-7Genealogies,311etc.Giovanni dell' Orso,371Glam,48,147etc.,164etc.Godulf,200Götar,seeGeatasGokstad ship,363-4Gold in the Heroic Age,348etc.Gram Guldkølve,192,194Grändels môr in Transsylvania,308grandi,309Greek scholarship in Anglo-Saxon times,329Gregory of Tours, his account of the death of Hygelac,3-4,9,342Grendel,41etc.;occurrence of the name in English charters,305-6;etymology,309-10Grendles mere,43-4,306Grettir Asmundarson,48etc.,152-62,169-82Grettis Saga,162;extracts from,146-62;translation,162-82;death of Illugi,280Grimm's story ofDer Starke Hans,370Grindale village,308Grindle or Greendale brook, near Exeter,44,309grundel,309Grundtvig, his identification of Chochilaicus,4Guest (Gestr),seeGrettirGullinhjalti,141,146Guthlaf,246-7,252,267,285

Garulf, his part in theFinnsburgstory,246-7;283etc.,287

Gautar,seeGeatas

Geatas (O.N. Gautar),2,8-10,333-45;

their kings,2-13;

boundaries of their territory,339

Gefwulf,286-7

Genealogies,311etc.

Giovanni dell' Orso,371

Glam,48,147etc.,164etc.

Godulf,200

Götar,seeGeatas

Gokstad ship,363-4

Gold in the Heroic Age,348etc.

Gram Guldkølve,192,194

Grändels môr in Transsylvania,308

grandi,309

Greek scholarship in Anglo-Saxon times,329

Gregory of Tours, his account of the death of Hygelac,3-4,9,342

Grendel,41etc.;

occurrence of the name in English charters,305-6;

etymology,309-10

Grendles mere,43-4,306

Grettir Asmundarson,48etc.,152-62,169-82

Grettis Saga,162;

extracts from,146-62;

translation,162-82;

death of Illugi,280

Grimm's story ofDer Starke Hans,370

Grindale village,308

Grindle or Greendale brook, near Exeter,44,309

grundel,309

Grundtvig, his identification of Chochilaicus,4

Guest (Gestr),seeGrettir

Gullinhjalti,141,146

Guthlaf,246-7,252,267,285

Haki,68-9Halga (Helgi, Helgo),14etc.,132,205,211Hall, Dr Clark, on the archæology ofBeowulf,346etc.Hall, the, inBeowulf,361Ham,Grendles merenear,43-4,306Hamlet (Amlethus),39;Hengest's hesitation compared to that of Shakespeare's Hamlet,266Hans, der starke,370Harold Fairhair and the Gautar,340Harvest customs,81etc.hēaburh,259noteHealfdene (Halfdan, Haldanus),14etc.,131,205,211Heardred, slain by Onela,5,13Heathobeardan,20etc.,244Hendon, "Grendels gate" near,306-7Hengest,246,250etc.,284etc.Henry (Henrik) slays a dragon,192-5Heorogar,14,287Heorot,13-20;see alsoLeireHeoroweard (Hjǫrvarðr, Hiarwarus),14,15,29-30,134-7,205-6,277Heremod,89etc.Hermuthruda,39Heruli, identified by some with the Heathobeardan,24Hetware (Atuarii),2-3Hiarthwarus, Hiarwarus,seeHeoroweardHickes, his text of theFinnsburg Fragment,245-6Hildebrandus, another name for Brutus,q.v.Hildeburh,248etc.Hjalti (Hott),55etc.,132etc.,138-46,182-6Hnæf,247etc.,283etc.Hocingas,249Hott,seeHjaltiHrethric,25-7,135(Röricus),211(Rökil)Hrothgar (Hroarr, Roe),14etc.,132,204,244Hrothulf (Rolf Kraki, Roluo),15,25-9,132-7,139-46,205-6,244Hugleikr,323Huglek,323Humblus,129Hunlafing,252,267,283Hygelac, death of,2-4

Haki,68-9

Halga (Helgi, Helgo),14etc.,132,205,211

Hall, Dr Clark, on the archæology ofBeowulf,346etc.

Hall, the, inBeowulf,361

Ham,Grendles merenear,43-4,306

Hamlet (Amlethus),39;

Hengest's hesitation compared to that of Shakespeare's Hamlet,266

Hans, der starke,370

Harold Fairhair and the Gautar,340

Harvest customs,81etc.

hēaburh,259note

Healfdene (Halfdan, Haldanus),14etc.,131,205,211

Heardred, slain by Onela,5,13

Heathobeardan,20etc.,244

Hendon, "Grendels gate" near,306-7

Hengest,246,250etc.,284etc.

Henry (Henrik) slays a dragon,192-5

Heorogar,14,287

Heorot,13-20;see alsoLeire

Heoroweard (Hjǫrvarðr, Hiarwarus),14,15,29-30,134-7,205-6,277

Heremod,89etc.

Hermuthruda,39

Heruli, identified by some with the Heathobeardan,24

Hetware (Atuarii),2-3

Hiarthwarus, Hiarwarus,seeHeoroweard

Hickes, his text of theFinnsburg Fragment,245-6

Hildebrandus, another name for Brutus,q.v.

Hildeburh,248etc.

Hjalti (Hott),55etc.,132etc.,138-46,182-6

Hnæf,247etc.,283etc.

Hocingas,249

Hott,seeHjalti

Hrethric,25-7,135(Röricus),211(Rökil)

Hrothgar (Hroarr, Roe),14etc.,132,204,244

Hrothulf (Rolf Kraki, Roluo),15,25-9,132-7,139-46,205-6,244

Hugleikr,323

Huglek,323

Humblus,129

Hunlafing,252,267,283

Hygelac, death of,2-4

Ialto,seeHjaltiIcelandic "Bear's-son" tale,374-5Illugi,see Grettis SagaIngeld, son of Froda,21etc.,244,282,284-5Intercourse between tribes in Heroic Age,348etc.Ivashko Medvedko,372-4

Ialto,seeHjalti

Icelandic "Bear's-son" tale,374-5

Illugi,see Grettis Saga

Ingeld, son of Froda,21etc.,244,282,284-5

Intercourse between tribes in Heroic Age,348etc.

Ivashko Medvedko,372-4

Jean l'Ourson,378-9Jenny Greenteeth,307Jomsvikings,278Jovial huntsmen, the Three, their views,310Jutes, attempt to identify them with the Geatas,8-10,333-45;Jutes andEotenas,261etc.,272etc.Jutland, "Bear's-son" tale in,377

Jean l'Ourson,378-9

Jenny Greenteeth,307

Jomsvikings,278

Jovial huntsmen, the Three, their views,310

Jutes, attempt to identify them with the Geatas,8-10,333-45;

Jutes andEotenas,261etc.,272etc.

Jutland, "Bear's-son" tale in,377

Kálfsvísa,7,45Kemble, his mythological theories,291etc.Keto,33-4Klaeber, on the Christian element inBeowulf,126

Kálfsvísa,7,45

Kemble, his mythological theories,291etc.

Keto,33-4

Klaeber, on the Christian element inBeowulf,126

Lawrence, Prof. W. W., on mythology inBeowulf,43etc.,291etc.;onFinnsburg,270etc.Laxdæla Saga, parallels from,278-9Leifus,252,noteLeire,16etc.,134,204,211,216,365;see alsoHeorotLeire, Little Chronicle of the Kings of, extracts from,204-6Lethra,seeLeireLiber Historiae Francorum, account of the death of Chochilaicus (Hygelac) in,3"Lichtenheld's Test,"105etc.Lokasennaquoted,297-9Loki,297-9Lombard story of the "Bear's-son,"371Longobardi, relation to the Heathobeardan,23;311;see alsoAlboinLother(us),89etc.,129

Lawrence, Prof. W. W., on mythology inBeowulf,43etc.,291etc.;

onFinnsburg,270etc.

Laxdæla Saga, parallels from,278-9

Leifus,252,note

Leire,16etc.,134,204,211,216,365;