GLOSSARY
- HABROK. The E. E. render this word by Altipes, from har, high; and brok, lit. breeches, brogues, but which they assume may also sig. a bird's leg.
- HALLINSKITHI, to decline; hence it would be an appropriate term for the post-meridian sun.
- HAMSKERPIR, prob. from hams, hide; and the v. skerpa, to sharpen, also to dry, to indurate.
- HAPTAGUD, ph. from haupt, a nexus, a tie, a band.
- HAR, prop. HARR, may mean either high or hairy. As a designation of Odin it has undoubtedly the former signification. As the name of a dwarf, the latter sig. would be more appropriate.
- HARBARDR, Hairy-beard.
- HEIDRUN, serene, etherial; a heath.
- HEIMDALLR: heimr, home, the world.
- HELA, prop. HEL., gen. HELJAR, the Goddess of the Infernal Regions, used instead of Helheimr for those regions themselves.
- HELBLINDI: hel, see the preceding word; blindi, from blundr, slumber.
- HEPTI, prob. means impeding, constraining; to seize, to take by force, to adhere to.
- HERFJOTUR, lit. Host's-fetter, i. e. having the power to impede or constrain an army at will: her, an army, a host, a multitude.
- HERJANN, the leader of an army; from her.
- HERMOD, prop. HERMODR: her from her, courage, (see Modgudur).
- HERTEITR, gay amongst warriors, a jovial soldier; glad, joyful.
- HILDUR (Hilda), war, a combat. Hence we find it in a number of Teutonic prop. names both m. and f., as Hilderic, Childeric, Hildegrim (the Helm of War), Brynhildr (Brunhilda), Clothild (Clothilda), &c.
- HIMINBJORG, the Heavenly-Mountains, the Comprehending, the All-embracing.
- HIMINBRJOTR, Heaven-breaking: from the v. brjota, to break.
- HJALMBERI, Helmet-bearing.
- HJUKI, to keep warm, to nourish, to cherish.
- HLIDSKJALF, a slope, a declivity; also to waver, to tremble.
- HLINA, prop. HLIN, the support on which a person leans, i. e. a tutelary deity.
- HLJODALFR, the Genius or Elf of Sound.
- HLODYN, the name of Frigga, as the symbol of the earth; protectress of the hearth—of the household. The Romans also worshipped a goddess of the earth and of fire under the common name of Fornax, dea fornacalis. Grimm mentions a stone found at Cleves with the remarkable inscription—deae hludanae sacrvm c. tiberivs vervs, and remarks that Hludana was neither a Roman nor a Celtic goddess, and could be no other than Hlodyn, which shows the identity of the German and Scandinavian Mythology.
339
