Hárbarðsljóð: Thor and Odin's Argument

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Hárbarðsljóð, in the Poetic (or Elder) Edda, features a memorable argument between Thor and his father Odin. In this video, an Old Norse expert discusses the poem and reads from it in Old Norse and English. Other videos about the Poetic Edda and the Norse gods: More about the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda (link) https://youtu.be/LFIuuLz8Nzw Basic intro. to the Norse gods (link) https://youtu.be/pHS6xJpH0Qw Vǫluspá (link) https://youtu.be/Bk57etreTBw Hávamál (link) https://youtu.be/NVYblVSVoDM Lokasenna (link) https://youtu.be/TP4NuHaE_Xs Videos about language: Reconstructed Pronunciation of Old Norse (link) https://youtu.be/4rajv8BSzRI Pronunciation of Modern Icelandic (link) https://youtu.be/b00tW9LEGqE Modern Icelandic vs. Old Norse (link) https://youtu.be/5_T5jxWyxk8 How do we know what a dead language sounded like? (link) https://youtu.be/VVnOdRgkvwU Dr. Jackson Crawford is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of both Old Norse and Modern Icelandic. He currently teaches in the Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley (formerly at UCLA), and he is credited in Disney’s Frozen. More about his Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/su4a8Qd4KO4 Jackson Crawford’s translation of the Poetic Edda: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1624663567 Jackson Crawford's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/norsebysw