(10th century), Hnæf ruled the Hocings. Hoc is called Hoc Healfdene, suggesting a partly Danish ancestry. According to the narrative, Hnæf was the brother...

an Old English heroic poem in alliterative verse about a fight in which Hnæf and his 60 retainers are besieged at "Finn's fort" and attempt to hold off...

The bodies of Hnæf and Friðiwulf are honourably burned. Over the winter, the Danes and their Jutish allies brood over the fall of Hnæf. Hengest is faced...

Hildeburh, a sister of the Danish lord Hnæf, and was killed in a fight with Hnæf's lieutenant Hengest after Hnæf was himself killed by Frisians. A passage...

mentions a Hnæf who is said to have ruled the Hocings. Since Hildeburh is said in Beowulf to be the daughter of Hoc and the sister of Hnæf, and since...

Frisians. Hnæf – the son of the Danish lord Hoc and brother of Hildeburh. He was killed by Finn. Hoc – a Danish lord and the father of Hildeburh and Hnæf. Hondscio...

and Hnæf was killed. Hnæf's retainer Hengest took command, and the sides engaged in a peace treaty; but Hengest and the Danes later avenged Hnæf's death...

Scandinavian (Scandinavian Herules / Erules) Hocings (tribe or clan of Hnæf, son of Hoc Healfdene – Hoc, the Half Dane, mentioned by Widsith, may have...

by Danes in the Germanic heroic age. Frisian King Finn and Danish Prince Hnæf both supposedly died in combat. 451 Battle of Avarayr Forces of Yazdegerd...

might be of separate origin, meaning descendants of Hnef, referring to the Hnæf son of Hoc who is prominent in the Old English Finnesburg Fragment. However...