Easy Readings In Old Icelandic
Chapter 53
The Settlement
Of Greenland
Þeir
Eiríkr urðu sekir á Þórsnesþingi; hann bjó skip í Eiríksvági; en Eyjólfr
leyndi honum í Dímunarvági, meðan þeir Þorgestr leituðu hans um eyjar.
Þeir Þorbjörn ok Eyjólfr ok Styrr fylgðu Eiríki út um Eyjar; hann sagði
þeim, at hann ætlaði at leita lands þess, er Gunnbjörn son Úlfs kráku
sá er hann rak vestr um Ísland, þá er hann fann Gunnbjarnarsker; hann
kvaðsk aptr mundu leita til vina sinna, ef hann fyndi landit. Eiríkr sigldi
undan Snæfellsnesi, en hann kom utan at Miðjökli, þar sem Bláserkr heitir;
hann fór þaðan suðr með landi at leita þess ef þanning væri byggjandi.
Hann var enn fyrsta vetr í Eiríksey, nær miðri enni vestri bygð; um várit
eftir fór hann til Eiríksfjarðar, ok tók sér þar bústað; hann fór þat
sumar í ena vestri óbygð, ok gaf víða örnefni. Hann var annan vetr í Eiríkshólmum
við Hvarfsgnípu; en et þriðja sumar fór hann alt norðr til Snæfells, ok
inn í Hrafnsfjörð; þá lézk hann kominn fyrir botn Eiríksfjarðar; hvarf
hann þá aptr, ok var enn þriðja vetr í Eiríksey fyrir mynni Eiríksfjarðar.
Eptir um sumarit fór hann til Íslands, ok kom í Breiðafjörð; hann var
þann vetr á Hólmslátri með Ingólfi. Um várit börðust þeir Þorgestr, ok
fekk Eiríkr þá ósigr; eptir þat váru þeir sættir. Þat sumar fór Eiríkr
at byggja land þat, er hann hafði fundit, ok hann kallaði Grœnland, þvíat
hann lét þat menn mjök mundu fýsa þangat, ef landit héti vel.
Svá segja fróðir menn,
at þat sumar fóru fimm og tuttugu skipa til Grœnlands ór Breiðafirði ok
Borgarfirði, en fjórtán kómusk út; sum rak aftr, enn sum týndusk; þat
var fimtán vetrum fyrr enn kristni var i lög tekin á Íslandi.
botn, m. head (41) |
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lézk, declared himself
(látask) |
bygð, f. settlement |
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mynni, n. mouth |
byggjandi, habitable |
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óbygð, f. uninhabited
district |
fyrir, over against |
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ósigr, m. defeat |
fýsa, to urge |
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rak hann (39) |
gnípa, f. peak |
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sekr, outlawed |
hvarf, turned (hverfa,
42) |
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undan, from under |
kráka, f. 'crow' |
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utan, in from the sea |
kristni, f. Christianity |
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þanning, in that direction |
leyndi, concealed (leyna) |
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örnefni, n. place-name
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