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Snorri Thorfinnsson

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2583:, §208. Thord (p.93): "Thord, the son of Bjorn Butter-Box, son of Hroald Spine, son of Bjorn Ironside, son of Ragnar Hairy-Breeks.Thord.. took possession of Hofdastrand in Skagafjord.. and made his home at Hofdi...had a third son called Snorri, who married Thorhild the Ptarmigan, daughter of Thord Gellir, and their son was Thord Horse-Head. He married Thorgerd, daughter of Thorir Slouch and Fridgerd, daughter of King Kjarval of Ireland." 286:, Snorri had built the first church of Glaumbaer, which would later increase Christian influence in the area. His descendants became the first Bishops of Iceland, and published the first Christian Code of Iceland. 226:
There is speculation about the birth date of Snorri Thorfinnsson. Birth years such as 1005, 1009, and 1012 have been postulated, but all sources agree that he was born between 1004 and 1013. According to the
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There is a non-profit organisation called The Snorri Program that focuses on the history of Icelandic settlers in North America and regularly runs exchange programs for youth and adults.
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named Snorri, possibly in honor of Snorri Thorbrandsson, who seems not only to have been Karlsefni's closest comrade but to have also been the elder wise man of the expedition
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Ragnar Hairy-Breeks — Björn Ironside — Aslak — Thorvald Backbone (hryggr) — Björn Butterbox, etc. is the patrilineal lineage given in the
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The Book of the Settlement of Iceland:as it Illustrates the Dialect, Place Names, Folk Lore, & Antiquities of Cumberland, Westmorland, and North Lancashire
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located on Iceland's northern coast. It is believed that it was Snorri Thorfinnsson's farmhouse. The longhouse was found near the Glaumbær Folk Museum, at the
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This daughter Steinunn, as well as Haukr's mostly patrilineal line is only given in the Hauksbók manuscript, and his family tree will given under the article
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The saga texts obviously do not bother to reiterate the patronymic form in nominative case at every instance. For the English forms of the patronymics,
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we know who his mother, father, and grandmother were, his birth-year is not known... A son of Lawman Erlend the Strong, by Jorun, and base born...etc.
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Snorri Thorfinnsson had two children; a daughter named Hallfrid, and a son named Thorgeir. Hallfrid was the mother of Thorlak Runolfsson, bishop of
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ch.14, p.91, "H reads: Snorri Karlsefnisson had another daughter, called Steinunn, who married Einar, etc" extending to "Hauk the Lawman";
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crossreferences "Þórvaldr hryggr Ásleiksson" given by Haukr as Thord of Hofdi's grandfather to "Hróaldr hryggr" given by the Landnámabók.
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In the 13th century texts Snorri Thorfinnsson and Snorri Thorrgrimsson are considered the two main figures responsible for the early
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Bp.=short for "Bishop". For Bishop Björn and the first Bishop Brand, the patrynomycs are not given in text, but e.g. supplied in
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Hroald Spine (Hróaldr hryggr) is called Thorvald Backbone (Þórvaldr hryggr Ásleiksson) in the genealogy of Hauksbók version
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in the south of Iceland. One of the descendants of Snorri's brother Thorbjorn, Bjorn Gilsson, was also a bishop of
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The Book of the Settlement of Iceland: translated from the original Icelandic of Ari the Learned
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Eiríks saga rauða og Flatøbogens Grænlendingaþáttr: samt uddrag fra Ólafssaga Tryggvasonar
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Below is the genealogy of descendants of Snorri, as given in the close of each saga,
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The following stemma is drawn from the genealogy appended to the last chapter of
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In 2002, American archaeologists discovered the remains of a thousand-year-old
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The Christianisation of Iceland: priests, power, and social change, 1000–1300
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she is spelt Yngveld, and this distinction is kept in Kunz's translations (
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I tell of Greenland: an edited translation of the Sauđarkrokur manuscripts
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Erlend's patronymic given as "Erlendr Ólafsson sterki" in the Index to
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which does not use the Hauksbók version, and instead, appears only in
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ch. 14. It is supplemented with further ancestral information from (
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by the settlers, meaning "barbarians"). The family returned to the
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version says "Thord, who lived at Hofdi, son of Bjorn Butter-Box" (
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Kunz, Keneva (2000), "The Vinland Sagas", in Smiley, Jane (ed.),
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she is indicated as bearing the same name as her mother Fridgerd.
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Sturlunga saga: including the Islendinga saga of Lawman Sturla
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claimed descent from Snorri Thorfinnsson in the 19th century.
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Guðbrandur Vigfússon had noted the grandfather was not known.
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up to Karsefni's father. (For further descendants, see under
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Westviking: the ancient Norse in Greenland and North America
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
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(1898), "Part III: chapter X", 215:who was not a kinsman but a participant in 339: 48: 1575: 1573: 1571: 303:is defined as being outside the Americas. 2480:, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2005, 710:Thorfinn Karlsefni's genealogy based on 2891:Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 2838:, Univ. of Manitoba Press, p. 93, 2612:becomes Egil and.. (Auð·r becomes Aud)" 2580: 2576: 2302:, University of Michigan, p. 224, 2236: 2234: 2212:Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: P-Z 2180: 2165: 2143: 2118: 2096: 2075: 1419: 168:. 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Index

Snorri Thorfinnson
Icelandic name
patronymic
family name
Iceland
Old Norse
Icelandic
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
the Americas
Greenland
Christianisation of Iceland
Old Norse
snerra
patronymic
Icelandic naming conventions
Snorri Þórðarson
Snorri Þorbrandsson
Karlsefni's expedition
Vinland sagas
Vinland
indigenous peoples
Skrælingar
Glaumbær
Seyluhreppur
Skálholt
Hólar
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christianisation of Iceland
Grœnlendinga saga

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