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then they saw birds from Ireland. Their ship was driven hither and 
thither over the sea. In the autumn they turned back, worn out by 
toil, and exposure to the elements, and exhausted by their labours. 
They arrived at Ericsfjord [at the very beginning of winter. Then said 
Eric!): “More cheerful were ye?) in the summer, when ye put out of 
the firth, but ye still live, and it might have been much worse...” 
“[Karlsefm and Snorri determined to go in search of Vinland, and 
this gave rise to much talk. And the end of the matter was?), that 
Karlsefni and Snorri equipped their ship and determined to go in search 
of Vinland during the summer. Bjarni and Thorhall joined the ex- 
pedition with their ship, and the men who had accompanied them. - 
There was a man named Thorvald; he was a relative by marriage 
of Eric the Red"). Thorhall was called the Hunter (veiöimaör); he 
had long lived with Eric, engaging in fishing and hunting expeditions 
during the summer, and had many things under his charge. Thorhall 
was a man of great stature, swart and giant-like; he was rather stricken 
with years, overbearing in manner, taciturn, and usually a man of few 
words, underhanded in his dealings, and yet given to offensive language, 
and always ready to stir up evil; he had concerned himself little with 
the true faith after its introduction into Greenland. Thorhall was not 
very popular, but Eric had long been accustomed to seek his advice. 
He was on the same ship with Thorvald and his companions, because 
he had extensive knowledge of the uninhabited regions (pvi at honum 
"var vida kunnigt i 6bygôum). They had that ship which Thorbiorn had 
brought out. They joined Karlsefni and his companions in their 
expedition, and they were mostly Greenland men on board. There were 
on their ships forty men off the second hundred (i.e. one hundred and 
sixty men). 
Then they sailed away [to Vestri Bygö°), and?) to Bjarneyja (the 
Bear Isles). [They sailed away beyond Bjarneyja, with northerly winds. 
They were out two “deer’’”); then they discovered land, and rowed thither 
in boats, and explored the country, and found there many flat stones 
1) From [ the text is supplied from Hauksbök. 
2?) Hauksbök has “we” (ver) instead of “ye” (per) throughout. 
3) From | Hauksbok has: “Beginning of the Vinland Voyage (Hofsk Vinlands- 
ferö). — About this time there began to be much talk at Brattahlid, to the effect 
that Vinland the Good should be explored, for, it was said, that country must be 
possessed of many goodly qualities. And so it came to pass” 
4) In Hauksbök and elsewhere in AM. 557 Thorvald is mentioned as a son 
of Eric the Red. 
5) From | М has: “from the land to vestari ubygdir” 
5) Hauksbök and M adds: “padan’’ (thence) 
7) From [ Hauksbök has: “Thence they bore away southward two “азот”. 
