The poem is mentioned in two books of the Prose Edda; Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.
The sole surviving fragment of Heimdalargaldr appears in chapter 25 of Gylfaginning.
In the chapter, the enthroned figure of High tells the disguised mythical king Gangleri about the god Heimdallr, including that he is the son of nine sisters.
After quoting a stanza about the Heimdallr's dwelling Himinbjörg from the poem Grímnismál, High comments that Heimdallr says the following lines in a work by the name of Heimdalargaldr: Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur's translation: Anthony Faulkes's translation: In chapter 8 of Skáldskaparmál, various ways to refer to Heimdallr are provided.
The section notes that Heimdallr is the subject of a work known as Heimdalargaldr, and that, since the poem, "the head has been called Heimdall's doom: man's doom is an expression for sword.