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Viking

(vaɪkɪŋ

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Word forms: plural Vikings

countable noun

The Vikings were people who sailed from Scandinavia and attacked villages in most parts of north-western Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries.

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Viking in British English

(ˈvaɪkɪŋ

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noun (sometimes not capital)

1. Also called: Norseman, Northman

any of the Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes who raided by sea most of N and W Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries, later often settling, as in parts of Britain

2.

any sea rover, plunderer, or pirate

3.

either of two unmanned American spacecraft that reached Mars in 1976

4. (modifier)

of, relating to, or characteristic of a Viking or Vikings

a Viking ship

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Word origin

C19: from Old Norse vīkingr, probably from vīk creek, sea inlet + -ingr (see -ing3); perhaps related to Old English wīc camp

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Viking in American English

(ˈvaɪkɪŋ )

nounOrigin: ON vikingr: orig. uncert.

(often v-)

any of the Scandinavian sea rovers and pirates who ravaged the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 10th cent.

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Viking in American English

(ˈvaikɪŋ)

noun (sometimes lc)

1.

any of the Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries

2.

a sea-roving bandit; pirate

3.

a Scandinavian

4.

one of a series of U.S. space probes that obtained scientific information about Mars

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Word origin

[1800–10; ‹ Scand; cf. ON vīkingr; cf. OE wīcing pirate; etym. disputed]

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It was probably something much more prosaic, like " peninsula" in Viking.The beading made up swirls and whorls in a pattern that reminded Holly of the decoration on Viking longboats.

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