Hereric may have been brother of Hygd, Hygelac's queen, for their son Heardred is spoken of as "the nephew of Hereric" (126 [2206]). Here-Scyldings (64 [1108]), Army-Scyldings, a name of the Danes. Hetware (135, 165 [2362, 2915]), the Hattuarii of the _Historia Francorum_ of Gregory of Tours and of the _Gesta Regum Francorum_, were the tribe against which Hygelac was raiding when he was defeated and slain by an army of Frisians, Franks, and Hugs. Hildeburh (61, 64 [1071, 1114]). _See_ Finn. Hnaef (61, 64 [1069, 1114]). _See_ Finn. Hoc (62 [1076]). _See_ Finn. Hrethel, a former king of the Geats; son of Swerting (70 [1202]), father of Hygelac and grandfather of Beowulf (22 [374]), to whom he left his coat of mail (26 [454]). He died of grief at the loss of his eldest son Herebeald (139-42) [2429-2473], who was accidentally slain by his brother Haethcyn. [Transcriber's Note: Page 70 [l. 1202] text reads "Hygelac ... grandson of Swerting." Hrethel is not named.] Hrethlings (167 [2959]), the people of Hrethel, the Geats. Hrethmen (26 [445]), Triumph-men, the Danes. Hrethric (69, 106 [1189, 1836]), elder son of Hrothgar and Wealhtheow. Hrothgar. _See_ the Argument. Hrothulf (59, 68 [1017, 1181]), probably the son of Hrothgar's younger brother Halga (5 [61]). He lives at the Danish court. Wealhtheow hopes that, if he survives Hrothgar, he will be good to their children in return for their kindness to him. It would seem that this hope was not to be fulfilled ("yet of kindred unsunder'd," 67 [1164]). Hygd, daughter of Haereth, wife of Hygelac, the king of the Geats, and mother of Heardred. She may well be "the wife of aforetime" (177 [3149]). Hygelac, third son of Hrethel (139 [2433]) and uncle to Beowulf, is the reigning king of the Geats during the greater part of the action of the poem. When his brother Haethcyn was defeated and slain by Ongentheow at Ravenwood (165 [2923]), Hygelac quickly went in pursuit and put Ongentheow to flight; but although, as leader of the attack, he is called "the banesman of Ongentheow" (114 [1986]), the actual slayer was Eofor (142, 167 [2485, 2963]), whom Hygelac rewarded with the hand of his only daughter (169 [2996]). Hygelac came by his death between 512 and 520 A.D., in his historical invasion of the Netherlands, which is referred to in the poem four times (70, 135, 143, 165 [1207, 2356, 2502, 2911]). ING (147 [2576]). _See_ Ingwines. Ingeld (119 [2064]). _See_ Freawaru. Ingwines (60, 77 [1044, 1319]), "friends of Ing," the Danes. Ing, according to the Old English _Rune-Poem_, "was first seen by men amid the East Danes"; he has been identified with Frea. MERWING, The (165 [2920]), the Merovingian king of the Franks. OFFA (113 [1949]). _See_ Thrytho. Ohthere (136-7, 165 [2379-2393, 2927]), son of the Swedish King Ongentheow, and father of Eanmund and Eadgils (_q.v._).