THE ELDER EDDA OF SAEMUND
Thor.
19. I slew Thiassi, that stout-hearted Jotun: up I cast the eyes of Allvaldi's son into the heaven serene: they are signs the greatest of my deeds. What meanwhile didst thou, Harbard?
Harbard.
20. Great seductive arts I used against the riders of the night,[1] when from their husbands I enticed them. A mighty Jotun I believed Hlebard to be: a magic wand he gave me, but from his wits I charmed him.
Thor.
21. With evil mind then thou didst good gifts requite.
Harbard.
22. One tree gets that which is f rom another scraped: each one in such case is for self. What meanwhile didst thou, Thor?
Thor.
23. In the east I was, and slew the Jotun brides, crafty in evil, as they to the mountain went. Great would have been the Jotun race, had they all lived; and not a man left in Midgard. What meanwhile didst thou, Harbard?
Harbard.
24. I was in Valland, and followed warfare; princes I excited, but never reconciled. Odin has all the jarls that in conflict fall; but Thor the race of thralls.
- ↑ Giantesses, witches, etc.
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