: [ˈrɛkˌstɛvja]) traces the career of King Óláfr Tryggvason from his upbringing in Russia to his fall at Svöldr.
The poem's name derives from its refrain (Old Norse stef) which consists of three lines divided between three contiguous verses.
[1] The poem proclaims itself to be the third drápa on Óláfr Tryggvason, referring to two earlier ones by Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld and the unknown Bjarni.
It is influenced by the works of Arnórr jarlaskáld and Einarr Skúlason and has many similarities with Óláfsdrápa Tryggvasonar, preserved in the same manuscript.
[3] He was identified by some early commentators with the 11th century court poet Steinn Herdísarson but this is rejected by modern scholars.