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Thorfinn Karlsefni
11th century Icelandic explorer
Thorfinn Karlsefni ThĂłrdarson[a] was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010, he followed Leif Eriksson's route to Vinland in a short-lived attempt to establish a permanent settlement there with his wife Gudrid ThorbjarnardĂłttir and their followers.
Nickname
The bynameKarlsefni means "makings of a man" according to the preface of Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson,[1] although the Cleasby-Vigfusson dictionary glosses it as "a thorough man",[2] elaborated elsewhere as a "real man", a "sterling man".[3]
History
Thorfinn's expeditions are documented in the GrĹ“nlendinga saga ("Saga of the Greenlanders" henceforth Grl.) and EirĂks saga rauða ("Saga of Eirik the Red" Henceforth Eir.),[b] which together are referred to as "The Vinland Sagas."[4] The two sources differ significantly in their details (see #Saga sources below).[5]
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