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the

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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?

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.