islands.  They separated in the most friendly manner, Eirik saying that he would be of the like assistance to them, if he should be able so to be, and they should happen to need him.  Then he sailed oceanwards under Snoefellsjokull (snow mountain glacier), and arrived at the glacier called Blaserkr (Blue-shirt); thence he journeyed south to see if there were any inhabitants of the country.  He passed the first winter at Eiriksey, near the middle, of the Vestribygd (western settlement).  The following spring he proceeded to Eiriksfjordr, and fixed his abode there.  During the summer he proceeded into the unpeopled districts in the west, and was there a long time, giving names to the places far and wide.  The second winter he passed in Eiriksholmar (isles), off Hvarfsgnupr (peak of disappearance, Cape Farewell); and the third summer he went altogether northwards, to Snoefell and into Hrafnsfjordr (Ravensfirth); considering then that he had come to the head of Eiriksfjordr, he turned back, and passed the third winter in Eiriksey, before the mouth of Eiriksfjordr.  Now, afterwards, during the summer, he proceeded to Iceland, and came to Breidafjordr (Broadfirth).  This winter he was with Ingolf, at Holmlatr (Island-litter).  During the spring, Thorgest and he fought, and Eirik met with defeat.  After that they were reconciled.  In the summer Eirik went to live in the land which he had discovered, and which he called Greenland, “Because,” said he, “men will desire much the more to go there if the land has a good name.”]

3.  Thorgeir Vifilsson married, and took to wife Arnora, daughter of Einar, from Laugarbrekka (the slope of the hot spring), the son of Sigmund, the eon of Ketil-Thistil, who had occupied Thistilsfjordr.  The second daughter of Einar was named Hallveig.  Thorbjorn Vifilsson took her to wife, and received with her the land of Laugarbrekka, at Hellisvollr (the cave-hill).  To that spot Thorbjorn removed his abode, and became great and worshipful.  He was the temple-priest, and had a magnificent estate.  Thorbjorn’s daughter was Gudrid, the fairest of women, and of peerless nobility in all her conduct.  There was a man named Orm, who dwelt at Arnarstapi (eagle-rock), and he had a wife who was named Halldis.  He was a well-to-do franklin, a great friend of Thorbjorn, and Gudrid lived at his house as his foster-child for a long time.  There was a man named Thorgeir, who dwelt at Thorgeirsfjall (fell).  He was mighty rich in cattle, and had been made a freedman.  He had a son, whose name was Einar, a handsome man, well mannered, and a great dandy.  Einar, at this time, was a travelling merchant, sailing from land to land with great success; and he always passed his winter either in Iceland or in Norway.  Now after this, I have to tell how that one autumn, when Einar was in Iceland, he proceeded with his wares along Snoefellsnes, with the object of selling; he came to Arnarstapi; Orm invited him to stay there, and Einar accepted his invitation, because there was friendship