in, to welcome Beowulf, 12;
Grendel and Beowulf struggle in, 16;
Grendel's mother enters and carries off Aschere, 21

HEREBEALD (he'r[)e]-bald). Son of King Hrethel, brought up with
Beowulf, 34

HEREWARD. One of the famous outlaws, 225;
the Saxon, personality real, yet surrounded by cloud of romance,
334;
the ideal of Anglo-Saxon chivalry, as Roland of Norman, 334;
second son of Leofric and Godiva, 336;
terror of Fen Country, 336;
at court, and his conduct there, 337;
banished as an outlaw, 338, 339;
his farewell, 338, 339;
his first meeting with Alftruda, 339;
goes to his godfather, Gilbert of Ghent, 339;
enrolled among Flemings to qualify for knighthood, 339;
his encounter with the Fairy Bear, 340, 341;
rescues Alftruda, 341;
his trick on the Norman knights, 341, 342;
leaves Northumbria, 342;
takes farewell of Alftruda, 342;
takes farewell of Gilbert of Ghent, 343;
sails for Cornwall, 343;
at court of King Alef, 343;
kills the Pictish giant, 343;
imprisoned by King Alef, 343;
released by King Alef's daughter, 344, 345;
sails for Ireland, 346;
sails for Cornwall with Prince Sigtryg, 347;
obtains admission to Haco's bridal feast, 348;
learns Haco's plans, 349;
slays Haco and helps to rescue Cornish princess, 350, 351;
known as Hereward the Saxon, the Champion of Women, 351

HEROD. Constantine declared more cruel than, 67

HET-WARE, THE. Expedition against, 31, 34

HIGHLANDS. Gaelic, old ballads, heroes in, 248;
ballads, merely versions of Irish Gaelic hero-legends, 248;
Irish Gaelic hero-legends carried from Erin to, 248

HILDEBURH, QUEEN. Deeds of, chanted in Heorot, 19

HNAEF (n[)a]f). Deeds of, chanted in Heorot, 19

HOLY CROSS. Constantine's vision of, 42, 50, 51;
his desire to find, 54;
Elene's quest after, 54-62;
Judas confesses to knowledge of sacred truth of, 57;
Judas refuses to reveal place of, at first, but is prevailed upon
by starvation, 58, 59;
the "Day" of, ordained, 62

HOLY INNOCENTS. Constantine declared more cruel than Herod, who
killed the, 67

HOLY LAND. Black Colin receives tidings of fresh crusade in, 250;
sets out for, 252;
Black Colin's desire to see, 253

HOLY NAILS. Obtained by Elene, 61;
given to Constantine, 62

HOLY ROOD. King Arthur vows by, 2