Hallinskíði. Another name of the god Heimdal. The possessor of the leaning (halla) way (skeið). Hallinskid.
Hamskerpir [Hide-hardener]. A horse; the sire of Hofvarpner, which was Gnaa’s horse. Hamskerper.
Hár [Anglo. Sax. heáh; Eng. high; Ulfilas hauhs]. The High One, applied to Odin. Haar.
Hárbarðr. The name assumed by Odin in the Lay of Harbard. Harbard.
Heiðrunr [Bright-running]. A goat that stands over Valhal. Heidrun.
Heimdalr. The etymology has not been made out. He was the heavenly watchman in the old mythology, answering to St. Peter in the medieval. According to the Lay of Rig (Heimdal), he was the father and founder of the different classes of men, nobles, churls and thralls. He has a horn called Gjallar-horn, which he blows at Ragnarok. His dwelling is Himinbjorg. He is the keeper of Bifrost (the rainbow). Nine giantesses are his mothers. Heimdal.
Hel. [Ulfilas halja, ᾅδης; Anglo-Sax. and Eng. hell; Heliand and Old High Germ. hellia; Germ. Hölle; Dan. at slaa, i-hjel, to kill]. The goddess of death, born of Loke and Angerboda. She corresponds to Proserpina. Her habitation is Helheim, under one of the roots of Ygdrasil. Hel.
Helblindi. A name of Odin. Helblinde.
Helgrindr. The gates of Hel. Helgrind or Helgate.
Helheim. The abode of Hel. Helheim.