Sophus Bugge noted in his "Runverser" that the expression "arði barði" ("ploughed his stern") also appears in the Icelandic "Third Grammatical Treatise" by Óláfr Þórðarson, and as well in a verse by the Okney jarl Rögnvald Brusason. He also commented that the epitaph is in the meter that Snorri Sturluson called "hinn skammi háttr". Furthermore, he added that since seafaring played an important role in the lives of all Norse peoples, it would only be natural if they had many poetic expressions like "arði barði" in common ("cf." Sö 198).