Heiðabýr is the reconstructed name in standard Old Norse, also anglicized as Heithabyr. The Stone of Eric, a 10th-century Danish runestone with an inscription mentioning ᚼᛅᛁᚦᛅ᛭ᛒᚢ (haiþa bu), found in 1796.Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for DR 1. Old English æt Hæðum, from Ohtere's and Wulfstan's accounts of their travels to Alfred the Great in the Old English Orosius. Hedeby, the modern Danish spelling, also most commonly used in English. Haddeby is the Low German form, also the name of the administrative district formed in 1949 and named for the site; in 1985, the district introduced a coat of arms featuring a bell with a runic inscription reading ᚼᛁᚦᛅ᛬ᛒᚢ (hiþa:bu).Unser Amt (haddeby.de) Haithabu is the modern German spelling used when referring to the historical settlement; this spelling represents the transliteration of the name as found in the Stone of Eric inscription; it was introduced among other variants in antiquarian literature in the 19th century and has since become the standard German name of the settlement."Haddeby, vormals Heidabu, Haithabu, Heidebo, Hethäbye" Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus, Schweden, Norwegen u. Dänemark die 3 skandinavischen Reiche Hasselberg (1858), p. 890.
Heiðabýr is the reconstructed name in standard Old Norse also anglicized as Heithabyr The Stone of Eric a 10th-century Danish runestone with an inscription mentioning ᚼᛅᛁᚦᛅ᛭ᛒᚢ (haiþa bu) found in 1796Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for DR 1 Old English æt Hæðum from Ohtere's and Wulfstan's accounts of their travels to Alfred the Great in the Old English Orosius Hedeby the modern Danish spelling also most commonly used in English Haddeby is the Low German form also the name of the administrative district formed in 1949 and named for the site; in 1985 the district introduced a coat of arms featuring a bell with a runic inscription reading ᚼᛁᚦᛅ᛬ᛒᚢ (hiþabu)Unser Amt (haddebyde) Haithabu is the modern German spelling used when referring to the historical settlement; this spelling represents the transliteration of the name as found in the Stone of Eric inscription; it was introduced among other variants in antiquarian literature in the 19th century and has since become the standard German name of the settlement"Haddeby vormals Heidabu Haithabu Heidebo Hethäbye" Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus Schweden Norwegen u Dänemark die 3 skandinavischen Reiche Hasselberg (1858) p 890