Thorfinn Karlsefni

American  

[thawr-fin kahrl-sev-nee] / ˈθɔr fɪn ˈkɑrl sɛv ni /

noun

1. 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.

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Example Sentences

This particular viking tale is centered around a fictionalized version of real life viking Thorfinn Karlsefni.

From Salon

In the year 1007, three ships sailed for Vineland, one commanded by Thorfinn Karlsefni, one by Bjarni Grimolfson, and the third by Thorvard, the husband of Freydis, the half-sister of Leif, the son of Erik.

From Project Gutenberg

Having spent the whole summer in a vain attempt to find Vineland, they returned to Greenland, and during the winter Thorstein died, and the next year his widow Gudrid was married to Thorfinn Karlsefni, a wealthy Icelandic merchant.

From Project Gutenberg

Emblem No 1 was a sturdy Icelandic Viking named Thorfinn Karlsefni; after him came a procession of American types�a Ploughman, an Immigrant, a Slave, a Miner.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the contrary, our plain, business-like narrative tells us that Thorfinn Karlsefni tried to found a colony and failed; and it tells us why he failed.

From Project Gutenberg