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34:for whom he composed the
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437:Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld
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548:Ingjaldr Geirmundarson
300:Hofgarða-Refr Gestsson
473:Árni óreiða Magnússon
412:Vigfúss Víga-Glúmsson
407:Vetrliði Sumarliðason
245:Eyvindr skáldaspillir
189:Egill Skalla-Grímsson
639:Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld
493:Bjarni gullbrárskáld
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649:Þórarinn stuttfeldr
553:Ívarr Ingimundarson
483:Bersi Skáldtorfuson
382:Þorleifr jarlsskáld
331:Steinunn Refsdóttir
313:Kormákr Ögmundarson
273:Gunnlaugr ormstunga
263:Gamli gnævaðarskáld
78:. Judging from the
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665:Alliterative verse
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609:Svartr á Hofstöðum
599:Steinn Herdísarson
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503:Eilífr kúlnasveinn
488:Bjarni Kolbeinsson
468:Árni ábóti Jónsson
354:Þorbjǫrn Hornklofi
336:Þjóðólfr of Hvinir
327:Steinn Herdísarson
323:Skúli Þórsteinsson
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295:Halldórr ókristni
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235:Eyjólfr dáðaskáld
225:Einarr skálaglamm
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32:Eiríkr Hákonarson
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365:Glymdrápa
359:Hrafnsmál
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54:, and in
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376:Búadrápa
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26:) was a
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