 It is influenced by the works of Arnórr jarlaskáld and Einarr Skúlason and has many similarities with "Óláfsdrápa Tryggvasonar", preserved in the same manuscript.No biographical information on Hallar-Steinn has come down to us.His name may be derived from the farm-name Höll in Þverárhlíð in Borgarfjörður.