Harbard

Role: ferryman · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Harbard

Life events

• In their flyting, Harbard taunts Thor that his mother is dead.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Harbard)
  • With: Thor
  • “Thou sayest now what seems to every one most unwelcome to know--that my mother is dead.”
• Harbard refuses to ferry Thor across the sound.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Harbard)
  • With: Thor
  • “Go farther from the sound, the passage is refused thee.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Harbard

• employer: Hildolf “Hildolf fief 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.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.