Compiled somewhere in the first part of the 1270s at the order of King Magnus VI (r. 1263-1280), it was recopied widely in the 14th century.
is thought to have originated at the court of King Magnus' son Håkon V's chancellery in Oslo.
The text can be set beside a number of comparable sections in the Konungs Skuggsjá [citation needed].
The king’s hird (Old Norse hirð, from Old English hired) was more than just a bodyguard and a circle of advisers.
This is especially true of the reign of Håkon V, who, in contrast to his father, seems to have wanted the hird to lose its corporative nature and be put directly under the king.