Easy Readings In Old Icelandic
Chapter 58
The Discovery
Of Vinland
Eiríkr
hinn rauði átti þá konu er Þórhildr hét, ok við henni tvá sonu. Hét annarr
Þorsteinn, enn annarr Leifr; þeir váru báðir efnilegir menn, ok var Þorsteinn
heima með föður sínum, ok var eigi sá maðr á Grœnlandi, er jafnmannvænn
þótti sem hann. Leifr hafði siglt til Noregs, ok var með Ólafi konungi
Tryggvasyni. Enn er Leifr sigldi af Grœnlandi um sumarit, urðu þeir sæhafa
til Suðreyja. Þaðan byrjaði þeim seint, ok dvölðusk þeir þar lengi um
sumarit.
Þeir Leifr sigldu brott
ór Suðreyjum, ok tóku Noreg um haustit. Fór Leifr til hirðar Ólafs konungs
Tryggvasonar. Lagði konungr á hann góða virðing, ok þóttist sjá at hann
mundi vera vel mentr maðr. Eitt sinn kom konungr at máli við Leif ok segir:
"Ætlar þú út til Grœnlands í sumar?" "Þat ætla ek,"
sagði Leifr, "ef þat er yðvarr vili." Konungr svarar: "Ek
get at þat mun vel vera, ok skaltu þangat fara með erindum mínum, ok boða
þar kristni." Leifr kvað hann ráða skyldu, enn kvaðsk hyggja, at
þat erindi mundi torflutt á Grœnlandi. Konungr kveðsk eigi þann mann sjá,
er betr væri tilfallinn enn hann---"ok muntu giptu til bera."
"Þat mun því at eins," segir Leifr, "ef ek nýt yðvar við."
Lætr Leifr í haf, ok er lengi úti ok hitti á lönd þau er hann vissi áðr
enga ván til. Váru þar hveitiakrar sjálfsánir ok vínviðr vaxinn; þar váru
þau tré er mösurr hétu, ok höfðu þeir af þessu öllu nökkur merki; sum
tré svá mikil, at í hús váru lögð. Leifr fann menn á skipflaki ok flutti
heim með sér; sýndi hann í því hina mestu stórmensku ok drengskap sem
mörgu öðru, er hann kom kristni á landit, ok var jafnan síðan kallaðr
Leifr enn hepni. Leifr tók land í Eiríksfirði, ok fór heim síðan í Brattahlíð
ok tóku þar allir menn vel við honum. Hann boðaði brátt kristni um landit
ok almennilega trú, ok sýndi mönnum orðsending Ólafs konungs Tryggvasonar,
ok sagði hversu mörg ágæti ok mikil dýrð fylgði þessum sið. Eiríkr tók
því máli sent, at láta sið sinn, enn Þjóðhildr gekk skjótt undir, ok lét
gøra kirkju eigi allnærri húsunum; þat hús var kallat Þjóðhildarkirkja;
hafði hon þar fram bœnir sínar, ok þeir menn sem við kristni tóku. Þjóðhildr
vildi ekki hafa samræði við Eirík síðan hon tók trú, enn honum var þetta
mjök móti skapi.
ágæti, n. excellence |
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merki, n. token, specimen |
almennilegr, catholic |
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mösurr, m. maple |
allnærri, very near |
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nýt, have aid of (njóta) |
boða, to preach |
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orðsending, f. message |
brátt, soon |
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samræði, n. intimacy |
byrja, to give a fair
wind |
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seint, late |
bœn, f. prayer |
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siðr, m. custom, religion |
drengskapr, m. manliness |
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sjálfsáinn, self-sown |
dvölðusk, they stayed
(55, 56) |
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skap, n. mind |
dýrð, f. glory |
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skipflak, n. raft |
efnilegr, promising |
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skjótt, quickly |
flytja erendi, to convey
or
discharge an errand |
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stórmenska, f. greatness
of
heart |
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sýndi, showed (sýna) |
get, think (geta) |
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sæhafa, carried out
of one's
course |
gipta, f. good fortune
at sea |
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hepni, fortunate (heppinn) |
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tilfallinn, suited |
hirð, f. retinue |
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torfluttr, difficult
to discharge |
hveitiakr, m. wheat-field |
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vaxinn, grown (vaxa) |
jafnmannvænn, so promising |
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vínviðr, m. vine |
lögð, n. pl. laid (in
building) |
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virðing, f. esteem |
mentr, accomplished |
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yðvar, of you (ér, þér) |
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