Grœnlendinga þáttr (I)

Not to be confused with Grœnlendinga þáttr (II).

Grœnlendinga þáttr ('The Tale of the Greenlanders') is a short story about the exploration of Vinland in North America by Leif Erikson and later Norse explorers, including Thorvald Eiriksson, Thorfinn Karlsefni, and Freydís Eiríksdóttir.[1]

The tale is preserved in the Flateyjarbók, in columns 281–288, where it is interpolated into the Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason.[2][1] It is commonly combined and translated with Eiríks þáttr rauða as the Saga of the Greenlanders.

Translations

English translations of Grœnlendinga þáttr (I) can be found in:

• Reeves, Arthur Middleton, The Finding of Wineland the Good: The History of the Icelandic Discovery of America, London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1890 (pages 64–78)
• Royal Danish General Staff, Topographical Department, Flateyjarbok. The "Flatey book", Copenhagen, 1893 (pages 281–288)

References

1. Reeves, Arthur Middleton (1890). The finding of Wineland the Good: The history of the Icelandic discovery of America. London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press. pp. 53–78.
2. Hermannsson, Halldór (1908). "Bibliography of the Icelandic Sagas and Minor Tales". Islandica. 1. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library: 29. ISBN 9780527003319. Retrieved 29 July 2022.