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.
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. 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. ==See also==