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Grímur Kamban was, according to the Færeyinga saga, the first man to set foot in the Faroe Islands. The name was written ''Grímr'' in Old Norse and often ''Grim'' in English. ==Settlement of the Faroe Islands== The saga says, he was a Norwegian Viking escaping the tyranny of the Norse king Haraldur Hárfagri. However, this is an error in this saga, because Harald's age was in the late 9th century, while the first Norse settlers reached the Faroes after 825. :"''According to the Færeyinga saga... the first settler in the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban - ''Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar'', it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that caused the anchorites to leave... the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman. Probably he came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition has it that he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy.''"〔Schei, Liv Kjørsvik & Moberg, Gunnie (2003) ''The Faroe Islands''. Birlinn.〕 It was also Irish monks, who settled in the Faroes from about 625, which is today proved by botanical researches. According to Dicuil, those monks left the islands before 825 after Viking raids. Thus Grímur Kamban is supposed to be the first man, who ''re-settled'' the Faroes. It is said that he settled down in Funningur on Eysturoy. The name ''funningur'' means ''finding''. Excavations have shown Viking houses in this area, as well as all over the Faroes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grímur Kamban」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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