-heimr 58 , 60 , 397
heimrúst 580
Heimskringla 25 , 232 , 250 , 257 , 295 , 313
heiti 231
Hekla, Iceland 600
Hel 255
Helga (Ru. Olga), Kiev prince Igor’s wife 502 – 3 ,
505 , 508 – 99
Helganes, Normandy, France 455
Helgeå, Sweden 666
Helgefjell, Tjølling, Vestfold, Norway 113
Helgi the Lean 566
Helgö, island in Lake Mälaren, Sweden 16 , 250
Hell 247 , 432
hellegroper 37
Hellespont 556
Helluland 604 , 611 , 616
helmet(s) 165 , 183 , 207 , 254 – 5
Helsetter, Caithness, Scotland 398
hel-shoe(s) 262
hemp 181 , 188
henbane 245
Herdís Bersadóttir 43 , 311 – 2
here 199 , 354
Hereford, England 402 – 3
Hergeirr, praefectus in Birka 624
Herjólfsnes (Ikigaat), Greenland 567 , 594
hermit(s) 428 , 563
Hermóðr 221
heroic legends 293 – 4 , 319
heroic poems 229 , 244
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 306 , 320 , 672
Hesket in the Forest, Cumbria, England 370
Hetaria, the imperial guard in Constantinople 533
Hiberno-Saxon stone sculpture 330
hide(s) 35 , 37 , 480 , 590 , 599 , 614
hide canoe 610
hieros gamos 227 – 9
high seat 227 – 8 , 302
Hiittinen, Finland 470 – 1
Hiiumaa, Estonia 488
hill fort 94 , 97 , 103 , 266 , 481 , 486 , 488 – 9 , 491 – 2 ,
520 – 1 , 523 , 525 – 6 , 528
hirð 25 , 27 , 54 – 55 , 306 , 456 , 573 , 648 , 650
hirðmaðr (pl. hirðmenn) 650
Historia de Sancto Cuthberto 344
Historia Gruffud vab Kenan 402
Historia Norwegie 32 , 35 – 7 , 411 – 12 , 422 , 613
Hjalti Skeggjason 624
Hjáltland (Shetland) 623
hla ̄fbrytta 53
hlautbollar 565
hlautteinar 565
hoards 11 , 14 – 15 , 17 , 35 , 91 , 98 , 123 , 152 , 160 ,
162 – 6 , 189 , 254 , 270 , 327 , 329 , 331 , 333 ,
335 – 6 , 342 , 368 , 385 , 390 , 405 – 6 , 412 , 416 – 8 ,
449 , 471 – 3 , 477 – 8 , 485 , 487 – 8 , 490 – 1 , 493 ,
496 – 7 , 517 , 519 – 20 , 523 – 4 , 526 – 8 , 536 ,
545 – 6 , 582 , 642
Hoen hoard, Buskerud, Norway 327
Hof/Hov/hof/hov 62 – 5 , 78 , 224 , 251
Hofstaðir/hofstaðir 64 , 224
hogbacks 370 , 395
Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales 402
homosexuality 245
Homri, Wales 395
hone(s) 151 , 386 , 415 , 581
hone stone(s) 176
honey 98 , 498 , 532 , 545 , 555 , 565
Högom, Medelpad, Sweden 16
Hólar, bishop’s seat, Iceland 311 , 575 – 6
-holmr 404
Holthwayt, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 395
honour 41 , 232 , 238 , 291 , 306 , 309 , 312 , 508 ,
510 , 544 , 557 , 571 , 574 , 621 , 646 , 657
Hóp, Vinland 605
Hordaland, Norway 195 , 356 , 645
Horik i, king 623
Horik ii (the Younger; or Erik the Child), king
126 , 623 , 656
Hornby (several places), England 395
Hornelund, Jutland, Denmark 335
Hørning church, Jutland, Denmark 336
horse(s) 176 , 182 , 184 , 188 , 197 – 8 , 205 , 240 , 250 ,
254 – 6 , 262 , 264 – 5 , 268 – 9 , 323 , 326 , 333 , 369 ,
447 , 478 , 480 , 521 , 556 , 564 , 572 , 575 , 598 ,
625 , 673
horse crampons 526 , 530
horse (riding) equipment 187 , 260 , 323 , 328 , 368 ,
382 , 444 , 447
horse fittings 368
horse phallus 240
hospital 143
Hough, Coll, Hebrides 398–– Index––