32. Of thy aid I had need, Thor! in retaining that maiden lily-fair.
_Thor_.
33. I would have given it thee, if I had had the opportunity.
_Harbard_.
34. I would have trusted thee, my confidence if thou hadst not betrayed it.
_Thor_.
35. I am not such a heel-chafer as an old leather shoe in spring.
_Harbard_.
36. What meanwhile didst thou, Thor?
_Thor_.
37. The Berserkers" brides I on Laesso cudgeled; they the worst had perpetrated, the whole people, had seduced.
_Harbard_.
38. Dastardly didst thou act, Thor! when thou didst cudgel women.
_Thor_.
39. She-wolves they were, and scarcely women. They crushed my ship, which with props I had secured, with iron clubs threatened me, and drove away Thialfi. What meanwhile didst thou, Harbard?
_Harbard_.
40. I in the army was, which was. .h.i.ther sent, war-banners to raise, lances to redden.
_Thor_.
41. Of that thou now wilt speak, as thou wentest forth us hard terms to offer.
_Harbard_.
42. That shall be indemnified by a hand-ring, such as arbitrators give, who wish to reconcile us.
_Thor_.
43. Where didst thou learn words than which I never heard more irritating?
_Harbard_.
44. From men I learned them, from ancient men, whose home is in the woods.
_Thor_.
45. Thou givest certainly a good name to grave-mounds, when thou callest them, homes in the woods.
_Harbard_.
46. So speak I of such a subject.
_Thor_.
47. Thy shrewd words will bring thee evil, if I resolve the sound to ford. Louder than a wolf thou wilt howl, I trow, if of my hammer thou gettest a touch.
_Harbard_.
48. Sif has a gallant at home; thou wilt anxious be to find him: thou shalt that arduous work perform; it will beseem thee better.
_Thor_.
49. Thou utterest what comes upmost, so that to me it be most annoying, thou dastardly varlet! I believe thou art lying.
_Harbard_.
50. I believe I am telling truth. Thou art travelling slowly; thou wouldst have long since arrived, hadst thou a.s.sumed another form.
_Thor_.
51. Harbard! thou wretch! rather is it thou who hast detained me.
_Harbard_.
52. I never thought that a ferryman could the course of Asa-Thor r.e.t.a.r.d.
_Thor_.
53. One advice I now will give thee: row hither with thy boat; let us cease from threats; approach the sire of Magni.
_Harbard_.
54. Go farther from the sound, the pa.s.sage is refused thee.
_Thor_.
55. Show me then the way, if thou wilt not ferry me across the water.
_Harbard_.
56. That"s too little to refuse. "Tis far to go; "tis to the stock an hour, and to the stone another; then keep the left hand way, until thou reachest Verland; there will Fiorgyn find her son Thor, and point out to him his kinsmen"s ways to Odin"s land.
_Thor_.