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  Thor spake:
49. "Thy tongue still makes thee say  what seems most ill to me,
Thou witless man! Thou liest, I ween."

  Harbarth spake:
50. "Truth do I speak,  but slow on thy way thou art;
Far hadst thou gone  if now in the boat thou hadst fared."

  Thor spake:
51. "Thou womanish Harbarth!  here hast thou held me too long."

  Harbarth spake:
52.[1] "I thought not ever  that Asathor would be hindered
By a ferryman thus from faring."

  Thor spake:
53.[2] "One counsel I bring thee now:  row hither thy boat;
No more of scoffing;  set Magni's father across."

  Harbarth spake:
54. "From the sound go hence;  the passage thou hast not."

  1. ↑ Asathor: Thor goes by various names in the poems: e.g., Vingthor, Vingnir, Hlorrithi. Asathor means "Thor of the Gods."
  2. ↑ Magni: Thor's son; cf. stanza 9 and note.

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