Naddodd
{{Short description|Norse Viking who discovered Iceland}}
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| name = Naddodd
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| birth_date = late 8th century
| birth_place = Kingdom of Agder
| death_date = after 825
| death_place = Faroe Islands
| known_for = Discovering Iceland
| occupation = Explorer
| nationality = Norwegian (Norse)
| children = Ann Naddodsdóttir
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Naddodd ({{langx|non|Naddoðr}} {{IPA|non|ˈnɑdːoðr|}} or {{lang|non|Naddaðr|}} {{IPA|non|ˈnɑdːɑðr|}}; {{langx|is|Naddoður}} {{IPA|is|ˈnatːɔːðʏr̥|}}; {{langx|fo|Naddoddur}}; fl. c. 9th century) was a Norse Viking who is credited with the discovery of Iceland.{{cite web|url= https://www.historyonthenet.com/viking-explorations-and-settlements-iceland-greenland-and-vinland |title = Viking Explorations and Settlements: Iceland, Greenland and Vinland|publisher= historyonthenet.com |author= Scott Michael Rank, Ph.D |access-date=November 1, 2019}}
Biography
Naddodd was born in Agder in what is today southern Norway. He was one of the earliest settlers on the Faroe Islands after Grímur Kamban became the first to settle there around 825.{{cite web|url= https://vikinghistorytales.blogspot.com/2013/10/825-peace.html|title = 825 - Grímur Kamban arrived at Faroe islands |website= vikinghistorytales.blogspot.com |access-date=November 1, 2019}}
Landnámabók, a medieval Icelandic manuscript, describes in considerable detail the settlement of Iceland (Icelandic: landnám) by the Norse in the 9th and 10th centuries. According to the Landnámabók, Iceland was discovered by Naddodd, who was sailing from Norway to the Faroe Islands, but got lost and drifted to the east coast of Iceland. Naddodd came upon the shore of a land with a bay and mountains near what is today the Icelandic town of Reyðarfjörður.{{cite web|url=https://www.east.is/en/inspiration/town/reydarfjordur |title = Reyðarfjörður|website= east.is |access-date=November 1, 2019}}
Although he climbed a mountain to look for smoke rising from fireplaces, he saw no sign of human activity. Naddodd decided to continue his journey to the Faroe Islands, but as he returned to his boat, it started to snow, so he named the land Snowland (Snæland). The island was later known as Iceland (Ísland) following the settlement of Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson.{{cite web|url= http://www.viking.no/e/info-sheets/iceland/iceland.htm |title = The Discovery of Iceland|website= viking.no |author= Kristin Axelsdottir|access-date=November 1, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1317/the-legendary-settlement-of-iceland/ |title = The Legendary Settlement of Iceland
|date=21 January 2019|website= World History Encyclopedia |author= Joshua J. Mark |access-date=November 1, 2019}}
Naddodd was the probable father of Ann Naddodsdóttir from Shetland. Naddodd was distantly related to Erik the Red and his son, Leif Erikson.{{Cite web|title = Thorvald Asvaldsson {{!}} Mediander {{!}} Connects|url = http://www.mediander.com/connects/85845/thorvald-asvaldsson/|website = Mediander|access-date = 2015-10-27|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170828014629/http://www.mediander.com/connects/85845/thorvald-asvaldsson/|archive-date = 2017-08-28|url-status = dead}}{{reliable source|date=April 2023}}
Naddoddur Ship
Faroes Ship of the same name https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naddoddur
See also
References
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Further reading
- John Haywood (2016). Northmen: The Viking Saga, AD 793–1241. Macmillan. {{ISBN|978-1-250-10615-5}}.
- {{cite book |last=O'Donoghue |first=Heather |title=Old Norse-Icelandic literature: a short introduction |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |year=2004}} {{ISBN|978-0-470-77683-4}}.
- Byock, Jesse (1988). Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas and Power. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0520069541}}.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722022500/http://tv.touristtv.is/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=186#early History of Iceland]
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Category:9th-century Faroese people
Category:9th-century Icelandic people
Category:9th-century explorers
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