About Eysteinn Valdason
Eysteinn Valdason was an Icelandic skald and poet.
Eysteinn Valdason (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) was a 10th-century Icelandic skald. Three half-stanzas from a poem about Thor are all that survive of his work. Preserved in Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál (4) only, they deal with Thor's fishing expedition with the giant Hymir, where the god attempts to kill Jörmungandr.
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