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Viking (iou)



Viking noun & adjective. E19.
[Old Norse vikingr, Icelandic vikingur, either from vik creek, inlet or from Old English wic WICK noun2 (whence also Old English wicing pirate): see -ING3.]
Hist.
A. noun. Any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in parts of NW Europe in the 8th to the 11th cents.; gen. a warlike pirate or sea-rover. E19.
A. Mackay Norse Vikings whose dragon boats preyed on the coasts.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Vikings. M19.
Vikingism noun the practices or customs of the Vikings L19.