Icelandic Poetry/Song of Harbard

THOR returning from his expedition in the East comes to a certain ford: on the opposite side stood a ferryman near his boat, with whom Thor thus

begins—

the

SONG

of

HARBARD.

THOR.
What Ferryman is he who stands,
By his Boat on yonder sands?

HARBARD^[1].
What man is he, on yonder side,
Who sends his voice across the tide?

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THOR.
Then here enquiry shall subside,
For thou art all ill will and pride:
But for the boon deny’d this day,
Some future time will I repay.

HARBARD.
Let perils round thy path be spread,
And furies howl about thy head!

1. Harbard. We find this mentioned as one of the names of Odin in the enumeration of them given in the Song of Grimner; and it is probable that Odin took the disguise of a ferryman, that he might have an opportunity of trying his wit with his Son Thor.