Norse settlements in Greenland

Grænlendingar (Icelandic for "Greenlanders") were Norsemen that came from Iceland to settle on the Island of Greenland in the years following 986. The Grænlendingar were the first Europeans to explore and temporarily settle North America. It is assumed that they developed an own language that is referred to as Greenlandic Norse, not to be confused with Eskimo-Aleut Greenlandic language. Their settlements existed for about half a millennium before they were abandoned for reasons still not entirely clear.