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Was Norse vikings discovered the Greenland?

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What vikings discovered?

Greenland.


Was the language of Norman Old Norse?

That is incorrect. Old Norse, the language of the Vikings, is a North Germanic language once spoken in Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland.


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Because it allowed the Vikings to establish settlements in Greenland.


Were there vikings in Greenland?

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The vikings connection between Greenland is that they came from Greenland


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Do the vikings speak norwen?

The Vikings spoke Norse.


Where did vikings settle after viking raids?

The vikings told the europeans that they were going to Iceland. And by 'Iceland' they ment the small island by Greenland. At the time Greenland didn't have its name, so the europeans went to Greenland because the vikings described it as 'Iceland' and since Greenland is a very icy island. When they arrived, there were no vikings found. It was the other way around_the vikings went to Iceland, they must have named the smaller island Iceland to trick the europeans to go to Greenland.


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When did Erik the red explore Greenland?

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