C. T. Suddeth

Víðförla, Far-Traveler:

Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Old Norse—Guðríðr víðfǫrla Þorbjarnardóttirwas born Iceland by 1000 AD. In Greenland, she married Leif Ericson’s brother, Thorstein Eiriksson. Living in Vinland (modern Newfoundland) for 2 years, she gives birth to Snorri Thorfinnsson, first child born in Vinland.

Later additions to the Sagas have her becoming Christian and traveling Europe, but these may be to appease later Cristian censors.

[L’Anse Aux Meadows, where she gave birth]