The ‘earl’s skald’ Arnórr jarlaskáld, son of Þórðr Kolbeinsson, produced the following verse after the fall of Hardrada. "The king, whose name would ill-doers scare, The gold-tipped arrow would not spare. Unhelmed, unpanzered, without shield, He fell among us in the field. The gallant men, who saw him fall, Would take no quarter; one and all. Resolved to die with their loved king, Around his corpse in a corpse-ring." - Snorri. In the top border appears the Valknut. This symbol is associated with the god Odin, and means ‘slain warriors’. It is believed to render men helpless in battle and is often found in association with wolves and ravens.