THE ELDER EDDA OF SAEMUND
try dwellings, bare-legged thou standest, and like a beggar clothed; thou hast not even breeches.
Thor.
7. Steer hitherward thy boat; I will direct thee where to land. But who owns this skiff, which by the strand thou holdest?
Harbard.
8. Hildolf he is named who bade me hold it, a man in council wise, who dwells in Radso sound. Robbers he bade me not to ferry, or horse-stealers, but good men only, and those whom I well knew. Tell me then thy name, if thou wilt cross the sound.
Thor.
9. I my name will tell, (although I am an outlaw) and all my kin: I am Odin's son, Meili's brother, and Magni's sire, the gods' mighty leader: With Thor thou here mayest speak. I will now ask how thou art called.
Harbard.
10. I am Harbard called; seldom I my name conceal.
Thor.
11. Why shouldst thou thy name conceal, unless thou crime hast perpetrated?
Harbard.
12. Yet, though I may crime have perpetrated, I will nathless guard my life against such as thou art; unless I death-doomed am.
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