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When Leif and his crew left Markland and found land again, they landed and built some houses. They found the area pleasant: there were plenty of large salmon in the river and the climate was mild, with little frost in the winter and green grass year-round. They remained at this place over the winter. The sagas mention that one of Leif's men, Tyrkir, possibly a Hungarian (because at that time the Hungarians were named as Turks[5]), or a German, found wild grapes, and that Leif accordingly named the country Vínland after them. This story is almost certainly not true, though, because "vin" means "meadow; pasture" in Old Norse, and is also used in Norway today as part of names on places (e.g. Bjørgvin, Granvin, Sandvin to mention a few). See the article on Vinland for more on the naming debate. On the return voyage, Leif rescued an Icelandic castaway named Þórir and his crew — an incident that earned Leif the nickname Leif the Lucky (Old Norse: Leifr hinn heppni). |
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| Source | Settlement |
| Author | Helgi Halldórsson from Reykjavík, Iceland |
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