After Eysteinn's death (1157) he composed the poem Elfarvísur for the nobleman Gregorius Dagsson, referring to his victory over Hákon herðibreiðr at Göta älv.
For example, Old Norse poets might replace sverð, the regular word for “sword”, with a more abstract compound such as “wound-hoe” (Egill Skallagrímsson: Höfuðlausn 8), or a genitive phrase such as randa íss “ice of shields” (Einarr Skúlason: ‘Øxarflokkr’ 9).
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