Heming (gen. Heminges, [1945], [1962]). Offa is called Heminges mæg, [1945]; Eómær, [1962]. According to Bachlechner (Pfeiffer's Germania, I., p. 458), Heming is the son of the sister of Gârmund, Offa's father.
Hengest (gen. Hengestes, [1092]; dat. Hengeste, [1084]): about him and his relations to Hnäf and Finn, see Finn.
Here-beald (dat. Herebealde, [2464]), the oldest son of Hrêðel, king of the Geátas ([2435]), accidentally killed with an arrow by his younger brother, Hæðcyn, [2440].
Here-môd (gen. Heremôdes, [902]), king of the Danes, not belonging to the Scylding dynasty, but, according to Grein, immediately preceding it; is, on account of his unprecedented cruelty, driven out, [902] ff., [1710].
Here-rîc (gen. Hererîces, [2207]) Heardrêd is called Hererîces nefa, [2207]. Nothing further is known of him.
Het-ware or Franks, in alliance with the Frisians and the Hûgas, conquer Hygelâc, king of the Geátas, [2355], [2364] ff., [2917].
Healf-dene (gen. Healfdenes, [189], etc.), son of Beówulf, the Scylding ([57]); rules the Danes long and gloriously ([57] f.); has three sons, Heorogâr, Hrôðgâr, and Hâlga ([61]), and a daughter, Elan, who, according to the renewed text of the passage, wäs married to the Scylfing, Ongenþeów, [62], [63].
Heard-rêd (dat. Heardrêde, [2203], [2376]), son of Hygelâc, king of the Geátas, and Hygd. After his father's death, while still under age, he obtains the throne ([2371], [2376], [2379]); wherefore Beówulf, as nephew of Heardrêd's father, acts as guardian to the youth till he becomes older, [2378]. He is slain by Ôhthere's sons, [2386]. This murder Beówulf avenges on Eádgils, [2396-97].
Heaðo-beardnas (gen. -beardna, [2033], [2038], [2068]), the tribe of the Lombards. Their king, Frôda, has fallen in a war with the Danes, [2029], [2051]. In order to end the feud, King Hrôðgâr has given his daughter, Freáwaru, as wife to the young Ingeld, the son of Frôda, a marriage that does not result happily; for Ingeld, though he long defers it on account of his love for his wife, nevertheless takes revenge for his father, [2021-2070] (Wîdsîð, 45-49).
Heaðo-lâf (dat. Heaðo-lâfe, [460]), a Wylfingish warrior. Ecgþeów, Beówulf's father, kills him, [460].