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  Harbarth spake:38. "Shame didst thou win,  that women thou slewest, Thor."
  Thor spake:39.[1] "She-wolves they were like,  and women but little;My ship, which well  I had trimmed, did they shake;With clubs of iron they threatened,  and Thjalfi they drove off.What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"
  Harbarth spake:40.[2] "In the host I was  that hither fared,The banners to raise,  and the spear to redden."
  Thor spake:41.[3] "Wilt thou now say  that hatred thou soughtest to bring us?"
  Harbarth spake:42.[4] "A ring for thy hand  shall make all right for thee,As the judge decides  who sets us two at peace."
  1. ↑ Thjalfi: Thor's servant; cf. note on stanza 14.
  2. ↑ To what expedition this refers is unknown, but apparently Othin speaks of himself as allied to the foes of the gods.
  3. ↑ Hatred: so Regius; the other manuscript has, apparently, "sickness."
  4. ↑ Just what Othin means, or why his words should so have enraged Thor, is not evident, though he may imply that Thor is open to bribery. Perhaps a passage has dropped out before stanza 43.

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