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rived the _N._ gunn-fani, a war-banner. GYLLIR, from gull, gold. HABROK. The E.E. render this word by _Altipes_, from bar, 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. HAMSKEKPIR, 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. HLOKK,
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