King Eystein built a large ship at Nidaros, which, in size and shape,
was like the Long Serpent which King Olaf Trygvason had built. At the
stem there was a dragon's head, and at the stern a crooked tail, and
both were gilded over. The ship was high-sided; but the fore and aft
parts appeared less than they should be. He also made in Nidaros many
and large dry-docks of the best material, and well timbered.
Six years after King Olaf's death, it happened that King Eystein, at a
feast at Hustadir in Stim, was seized with an illness which soon carried
him off. He died the 29th of August, 1123, and his body was carried
north to Nidaros, and buried in Christ church; and it is generally said
that so many mourners never stood over any man's grave in Norway as over
King Eystein's, at least since the time Magnus the Good, Saint Olaf's
son, died. Eystein had been twenty years (A.D. 1104-1123) king of
Norway; and after his decease his brother, King Sigurd, was the sole
king of Norway as long as he lived.