Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir

Þat sama sumar kom skip af Noregi til Grenlandz. sa madr het Þorfinnr kallz efnni er þui skipe styrde. hann var son Þordar hesthofda Snorra sonar Þordar sonar fra Hofda. Þorfinnr kallz efni var storaudigr at fe ok var vm uetrin j Bratta hlid med Leifui Æireks syne. bratt fellde hann hug til Gudridar ok bad hennar en hon ueik til Læifs suðrum firir sig. sidan var hon honum fostnut ok gert brudhlaup þeirra a þeim uetri.

That same summer a ship came from Norway to Greenland. Its captain was a man named Thorfinn Karlsefni. He was the son of Thord Horsehead, the son of Snorri, the son of Thord of Hofdi. Thorfinn Karlsefni was very rich, and he spent the winter at Brattahlid with Leif Eiriksson. He soon fell in love with Gudrid and asked to marry her, but she left it to Leif to answer for her. Then she was promised to him, and their wedding was held that winter.

Hin sama var vmræda a Uinlandz fôr sem fyrr. ok fystu menn Kallzefni miog þeirrar ferdar bæde Gudridr ok adrir menn. nu var radin ferd hans ok red hann ser skipveria .lx. kalla ok konur .v. Þann maldaga gerdu þeir Kallzefni ok hasetar hans at iofnum hondum skylldi þeir hafa allt þat er þeir fengi til gæda. þeir hǫfdu med ser allz skonar fenat þuiat þeir ætlodu at byggia landit ef þeir mętti þat. Kallzefni bat Leif husa a Uinlande en hann kuetzst lia mundu husin en gefa æigi.

People were talking about a voyage to Vinland, just as before, and they pressed Karlsefni hard to go, Gudrid as well as others. So his voyage was settled, and he took on a crew of sixty men and five women. Karlsefni and his crew agreed to share equally in all the valuable goods they got. They took all kinds of livestock with them, because they meant to settle the land if they could. Karlsefni asked Leif to give him his houses in Vinland. Leif said he would lend the houses but not give them.

Nu er fra þui at segia at Kallzefni lętr gera skidgard ramligann um bę sinn ok biugguzst þar vm. J þann tima fædde Gudridr suein barnn kona Kallzefnis ok het sa sueinn Snorre.

Next, Karlsefni had a strong palisade built around his farm, and they got ready there. At that time Gudrid, Karlsefni’s wife, gave birth to a baby boy, and he was named Snorri.

en Gudridr sat i dyrum inne med uǫggu Snorra sonar sins. þa bar skugga j dyrrin ok gek þar inn kona j suortum nam kyrtli helldr lag ok hafde dregil um hofut ok lios iôrp a har foleit ok miog eygd suo at æigi hafde iafnn mikil augu set j einum mannz hause. hon gek þar at er Gudridr sat ok mællti. huat hæitir þu segir hon. Ek hæiti Gudridr. edr huert er þitt hæiti. ek heiti Gudridr segir hon. þa retti Gudridr husfreyia hond sina til hennar at hon sæti hia henni en þat bar allt saman at þa heyrde Gudridr brest mikinn ok uar þa konan horfin.

Gudrid was sitting inside the doorway beside the cradle of her son Snorri. Then a shadow fell across the door, and a woman came in. She wore a short, close-fitting black tunic and had a band around her head. Her hair was light chestnut, her face pale, and her eyes so large that no one had ever seen such eyes in a human head. She went over to where Gudrid sat and said, “What is your name?” “My name is Gudrid. And what is yours?” “My name is Gudrid,” she said. Then Gudrid, the lady of the house, held out her hand to her, so that she would sit beside her. But at that very moment Gudrid heard a great crash, and the woman vanished.