Viking
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. Already in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English as wīcing and Old Frisian witsing, wising, but extinct in Middle English and borrowed anew in the 19th century.
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”.
The Old English and Anglo-Frisian form, existing since at least the eighth century, could also have been derived from or influenced by Old English wīc (“camp”), on account of the temporary encampments which were often a prominent feature of the Vikings’ raids.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ
Noun
Viking (plural Vikings)
- (historical) One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America.
- (by extension, fantasy) A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
- (colloquial) A Norseman (mediaeval Scandinavian).
- (colloquial, humorous, mildly offensive) An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.
- (American football) A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.
Derived terms
- vike (jocular verb)
- viking (in attributive use)
- Vikingism
- Vikingship
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Proper noun
Viking
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Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
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Declension
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Wiking (dated, superseded)
Etymology
From Old Norse víkingr. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
Viking m (plural Vikingen)
- A Viking.
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Viking m
Declension
References
- “Viking”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Etymology
Originally a nickname, appearing in runestones, from Old Norse víkingr (“a Viking”). Revived as a given name since 1829.
Proper noun
Viking c (genitive Vikings)
- a male given name from Old Norse.
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