THE ELDER EDDA OF SAEMUND
Harbard.
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 Læsso 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 hither sent, war-banners to raise, lances to redden.
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