Eysteinn Beli or Eysteinn hinn illráði, Swedish: ' (ill-ruler) or Östen Beli, was a semi-legendary king of Sweden who would have ruled in the late 8th century.
Krákumál
According to Krákumál (stanza 7), he fell at Ulleråker south of Uppsala.
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:Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
:Hátt grenjuðu rottar,
:áðr en á Ullarakri
:Eysteinn konungr felli.
:Gengum gulli fáðir
:grundar vals af bröndum
:— rækyndill smaug rauðar
:rítr — at hjálma móti.
:Svíra virtr ór sárum
:sveif of hjarna kleifar.
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:We hewed with the sword.
:Swords roared loudly
:before King Eysteinn fell
:at Ullarakr.
:We proceeded to a meeting of helmets [BATTLE],
:decked with gold from the flames
:of the landing place of the falcon [ARM > GOLD RINGS];
:the corpse-candle [SWORD] penetrated red shields.
:The wort of the neck [BLOOD] flowed from wounds
:over the cliffs of the brain [SHOULDERS].