The Poetic Edda on Harbarth
The > Volume I > Notes
attestation: Harbarth ('Graybeard') is one of Othin's disguise names, used in the Harbarthsljoth.
"Harbarth: "Graybeard" (cf. Harbarthsljoth, introduction)."
attestation: Harbarth ('Gray-Beard') is a disguise of Othin used in the Harbarthsljoth.
"Harbarth ("Gray-Beard"): Othin."
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
- attribution: Harbarth delivers a speech in the verse.
"11. "Why shouldst thou hide thy name, | if quarrel thou hast not?"
Harbarth spake:"
- attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Harbarth.
"13. "Great trouble, methinks, | would it be to come to thee, To wade the waters across, | and wet my middle; Weakling, well shall I pay | thy mocking words, If across the sound I come."
Harbarth spake:"
attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Harbarth.
"19. "Thjazi I felled, | the giant fierce, And I hurled the eyes | of Alvaldi's son To the heavens hot above; Of my deeds the mightiest | marks are these, That all men since can see."
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Harbarth.
"21. "Thou didst repay good gifts with evil mind."
Harbarth spake:"
attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Harbarth.
"23. "Eastward I fared, | of the giants I felled Their ill-working women | who went to the mountain; And large were the giants' throng | if all were alive; No men would there be | in Mithgarth more."
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Harbarth.
"23. "Eastward I fared, | of the giants I felled Their ill-working women | who went to the mountain; And large were the giants' throng | if all were alive; No men would there be | in Mithgarth more."
attestation: The stanza describes travel or movement involving Harbarth.
"23. "Eastward I fared, | of the giants I felled Their ill-working women | who went to the mountain; And large were the giants' throng | if all were alive; No men would there be | in Mithgarth more."
attribution: Harbarth delivers a speech in the verse.
"23. "Eastward I fared, | of the giants I felled Their ill-working women | who went to the mountain; And large were the giants' throng | if all were alive; No men would there be | in Mithgarth more."
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Harbarth.
"23. "Eastward I fared, | of the giants I felled Their ill-working women | who went to the mountain; And large were the giants' throng | if all were alive; No men would there be | in Mithgarth more."
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Harbarth.
"25. "Unequal gifts | of men wouldst thou give to the gods, If might too much thou shouldst have."
Harbarth spake:"
- attestation: Harbarth is characterized by beauty in the verse.
"31. "Full fair was thy woman-finding."
Harbarth spake:"
- attestation: Harbarth is characterized by gladness in the verse.
"33. "Gladly, had I been there, | my help to thee had been given."
Harbarth spake:"
- attestation: Harbarth is characterized by age in the verse.
"35. "No heel-biter am I, in truth, | like an old leather shoe in spring."
Harbarth spake:"
- attribution: Harbarth delivers a speech in the verse.
"47. "Ill for thee comes | thy keenness of tongue, If the water I choose to wade; Louder, I ween, | than a wolf thou cryest, If a blow of my hammer thou hast."
Harbarth spake:"
- attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Harbarth.
"59. "Short now shall be our speech, | for thou speakest in mockery only; The passage thou gavest me not | I shall pay thee if ever we meet."
Harbarth spake:"
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note
- comparison: The note cross-references Harbarthsljoth for information about Harbarth.
"Both poems are sharply distinguished from the rest of the collection by their metrical form, which is the Malahattr (used irregularly also in the Harbarthsljoth), employed consistently and smoothly in the Atlamol, and with a considerable mixture of what appear to be Fornyrthislag lines (cf."