''Grœnlendinga þáttr'' refers to two separate tales (
þættir) found in ''
Flateyjarbók
''Flateyjarbók'' (; "Book of Flatey") is an important medieval Icelandic manuscript. It is also known as GkS 1005 fol. and by the Latin name ''Codex Flateyensis''. It was commissioned by Jón Hákonarson and produced by the priests and scribes ...
'':
* ''
Grœnlendinga þáttr (I)'' ('The Tale of the Greenlanders') – Short story about the exploration of
Vinland
Vinland, Vineland, or Winland ( non, Vínland ᚠᛁᚾᛚᛅᚾᛏ) was an area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John ...
by
Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson, or Leif Ericson, ; Modern Icelandic: ; Norwegian: ''Leiv Eiriksson'' also known as Leif the Lucky (), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental Nort ...
and later Norse explorers.
* ''
Grœnlendinga þáttr (II)'' ('The Tale of the Greenlanders') or ''Einars þáttr Sokkasonar'' ('The Tale of Einarr Sokkason') – Short story set in
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
, concerning Bishop Arnaldr and the fight over a recently deceased merchant's property.
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