SAGA OF ERIC THE RED

D. THE EXPEDITION OF ORFINN KARLSEFNI (1007-11)

v l ku miklar umrur Brattahl at mnn skyldu

lita Vnlands ins g a, k var sagt at angat mundi vra at

vitja g ra landsksta. En v lauk sva at ir Karlsfni k

Snrri bjggu skip sitt k tluu at lita Vnlands um sumarit.

Til irar frar r usk ir Bjarni k rhallr m skip sitt 210

k at frunyti r im hafi fylgt. Mar h t rvarr;

hann var ma gr Eirks Raua. Hann f r k m im k

rvaldr snr Eirks k rhallr sm kallar var Viimar.

Hann hafi lngi vrit viifrum m Eirki um sumrum,

k hafi hann margar varvizlur. rhallr var mikill vxti, 215

svartr k ursligr; hann var hldr vi aldr, dll skapi,

hlj lyndr, fa ma ligr hvrsdagliga, undirfrull k atmla-

samr, k fy stisk jafnan hins vrra. Hann hafi ltt vi tru

blandazk san hn km a Grnland. rhallr var ltt

vinsldum hrfinn, n hafi Eirkr l ngi tal af hnum 220

haldit. Hann var a skipi m im rvaldi, v at hnum

var va kunnigt bygum. ir hfu at skip r rbjrn

hafi u t angat k r usk til frar m im Karlsfni, k

va ru ar flstir Grnlnzkir mnn a . skipum ira var

225 fj rir tigir manna annars hundras.

Sigldu ir undan landi, san til Vstribygar, k til

Bjarnyja. Sigldu ir aan undan Bjarnyjum nranvr.

Va ru ir u ti tvau dgr. a fundu ir land k rru fyrir

a ba tum k knnuu landit, k fundu ar hllur margar k sva

230 st rar at tvir mnn ma ttu vl spyrnask iljar. Mlrakkar va ru

ar margir. ir ga fu nafn landinu k klluu Hlluland. a

sigldu ir nranvr tvau dgr, k var a land fyrir im,

k var a sk gr mikill k dy r mrg. Ey la landsur undan

landinu, k fundu ir ar bjarndy r k klluu Bjarny, n

235 landit klluu ir Markland ar r sk grinn var. a r

liin va ru tvau dgr, sja ir land, k ir sigldu undir

landit. ar var ns r ir k mu at. ir bittu m landinu

k l tu landit a stj rnbra. ar var rfi k strandir langar

k sandar. Fara ir a ba tum til lands k fundu kjl af

240 skipi, k klluu ar Kjalarns. ir ga fu k nafn strnd-

unum k klluu Furustrandir, v at langt var m at sigla.

a grisk va gskrit landit, k hldu ir skipunum at

va gunum.
E. THE GREENLAND PROPHETESS

nna tma var hallri mikit a Grnlandi. Hfu mnn

fngit ltit fang, ir r viifrir hfu farit, n sumir kki

aptr kmnir. Su kna var ar byg r rbjrg h t; hn

var spa kna, k var kllu ltil vlva. Hn hafi a tt s r nu 470

systr, k va ru allar spa knur, n hn in var a a lfi. at

var ha ttr rbjargar um vtrum at hn f r at vizlum, k

buu ir mnn hnni mst him r frvitni var a at vita

frlg sn a a rfr. Ok m v at rkll var ar mstr

b ndi, a tti til hans kma at vita nr l tta mundi a rani 475

ssu sm yfir st . By r rkll spa knunni him, k r

hnni ar vl fagnat, sm sir var til, a r vi ss ha ttar

knum skyldi taka. Var hnni bu it ha sti, k lagt undir

hana hgindi; ar skyldi vra hnsna firi. En r hn

km um kvldit, k sa mar r m ti hnni var sndr, a var 480

hn sva bu in at hn hafi yfir s r tuglamttul bla n k var

sttr stinum alt skaut fan; hn hafi a ha lsi s r glrtlur,

k lambskinnskfra svartan a hfi k vi innan kattskinn

hvtt, k hn hafi staf hndi k var a knappr: hann var

bu inn m mrsingu k sttr stinum fan um knappinn; 485

hn hafi um sik hnj skulinda, k var ar a skj upungr

mikill, k varvitti hn ar taufr sn, au r hn urfti til

fr liks at hafa; hn hafi a f tum ka lfskinnssk lna, k

vngi langa, k a tinknappar miklir a ndunum; hn

490 hafi a hndum s r kattskinnsgl fa, k va ru hvtir innan k

lnir.