The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Various
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there as long as he lived, and was a man of the greatest prominence.
From him and his wife, Gudrid, a numerous and goodly lineage is descended. After Karlsefni's death, Gudrid, together with her son, Snorri, who was born in Wineland, took charge of the farmstead; and when Snorri was married, Gudrid went abroad, and made a pilgrimage to the South, after which she returned again to the home of her son, Snorri, who had caused a church to be built at GlaumbÅr. Gudrid then took the veil and became an anchorite, and lived there the rest of her days. Snorri had a son, named Thorgeir, who was the father of Ingveld, the mother of Bishop Brand. Hallfrid was the name of the daughter of Snorri, Karlsefni's son; she was the mother of Runolf, Bishop Thorlak's father. Biorn was the name of [another] son of Karlsefni and Gudrid; he was the father of Thorunn, the mother of Bishop Biorn. Many men are descended from Karlsefni, and he has been blessed with a numerous and famous posterity; and of all men Karlsefni has given the most exact accounts of all these voyages, of which something has now been recounted. FOOTNOTES: [45-1] Reeves's translation. In _Origines Islandicae_, Vol. II., p. 598, this saga is called "The Story of the Wineland Voyages, commonly called The Story of Eric the Red." [45-2] The original word for "Brief History" also means "section," "episode," "little story," _i.e._, extract or abbreviated account. [46-1] About 985 (983-986). One vellum of the _Landnama-bok_ (Book of Settlements) says sixteen, the other fifteen years. [46-2] Bishop Frederick was from "Saxland" (Saxony). According to the |
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