Viking Definition

vīkĭng
noun
Any of the Scandinavian sea rovers and pirates who ravaged the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 10th cent.
Webster's New World
A Scandinavian.
American Heritage

(by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genera, a barbarian, generally equipped with an ax and a helmet adorned with horns.

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(American football) A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.

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pronoun

A town in Alberta, Canada.

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A city in Minnesota.

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Other Word Forms of Viking

Noun

Singular:
Viking
Plural:
Vikings

Origin of Viking

  • The Old English or Anglo-Frisian form, existing therein since at least the eighth century), could also have been derived from or influenced by Old English wÄ«c (“camp"), on account of the temporary encampments which were often a prominent feature of the Vikings' raids.

    From Wiktionary

  • Old Norse víking (“marauding", “piracy") itself is from Old Norse vík (“inlet", “cove", “fjord") + -ing (“one belonging to", “one who frequents") (the -r is the nominative desinence). Thus, “one from or who frequents the sea's inlets",

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  • A loan from Old Norse víkingr. Already in Old English as wÄ«cing and Old Frisian witsing, wising, but extinct in Middle English and loaned anew in the 19th century.

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  • Old Norse vīkingr perhaps from vīk creek, inlet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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