Re: Eirik Ch11 part 2

> > Tveir menn féllu af Karlsefni en fjórir af Skrælingjum en þó urðu
> þeir Karlsefni ofurliði bornir.
> > Two men fell - of Karlsefni's but four (?) of the Skraelings - but
> they (Karlsefni's band) overcame a greater force (lost that bit) [
> and the CSOI seems to think more than four]
>
> The other text has 'Tveir menn fellu af þeim Karlsefni, en fjölði af
> þeim Skrælingum.' ("...many of the Skraelings").

Apparently, the word is "noget afbleget" (somewhat faded) in Hauksbók.
The reading in this edition, edited by Eiríkur Jónsson and Finnur
Jónsson, is 'fjöldi'.

http://sagnanet.is/saganet/?MIval=/SinglePage&Manuscript=100137&Page=618&language=icelandic