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

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

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

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

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