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    anime in 2019. Old Norse: Þorfinnr karlsefni Þórðarson [ˈθorˌfinːz̠ ˈkɑrlˌsevne ˈθoːrðɑz̠ˌson] Modern Icelandic: Þorfinnur karlsefni Þórðarson [ˈθɔrˌfɪnːʏr...
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    expeditions to Vinland led by Leif Erikson, Þorvaldr Eiríksson, and Þorfinnr Karlsefni, Freydís wanted the prestige and wealth associated with a Vinland...
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  • Iceland. He was a blood-brother of Snorri goði and comrade-in-arms with Þorfinnr Karlsefni. Following mild injury and outlawry resulting from a conflict with...
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  • Thorfinn (redirect from Þorfinnr)
    Thorfinn (Þorfinnr) is a Scandinavian name, which originally referred to the god Thor and which survived into Christian times. Notable people with the...
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  • Icelandic sagas Snorri Thorfinnsson (1004-1090), son of the explorer Þorfinnr Karlsefni and Guðríðr Eiríksdóttir Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), an Icelandic...
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    who settled in Markland for winter protection led by Thorfinn Karlsefni (Þorfinnr Karlsefni Þórðarson), c. 1010. The Saga of Erik the Red indicates that...
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    Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, also recounted in the Saga of the Greenlanders. For this reason it was formerly also called Þorfinns saga karlsefnis;...
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    Finnbogi had 30 crew members. According to the Saga of Erik the Red, Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson and a company of 160 men, going south from Greenland traversed...
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  • between 1004 and 1013, and died c. 1090) was the son of explorers Thorfinn Karlsefni and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir. He is considered to be the first child of...
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    986, the Norwegian Vikings Bjarni Herjólfsson, Leif Ericson, and Þórfinnr Karlsefni from Greenland reached Mainland North America, over 500 years before...
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  • Eiriksson (Leif the Lucky); Nicholas of Lynne; Snorri Thorfinnsson; Thorfinnr karlsefni Thordarson; Nicolò and Antonio Zeno. Early Voyages and Northern Approaches...
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