Viking

See also viking

English

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Alternative forms

Variant spellings

α-forms (<r>-terminal): Vikinger, vikinger Vikingir, vikingir Vikingr, vikingr

β-forms (<v>-initial, [ŋ]-terminal): Viking, viking

γ-forms (<w>-initial): Wicking, wicking Wiking, wiking

Etymology

A loan from Old Norse víkingr. Already in Old English as wīcing and Old Frisian witsing, wising, but extinct in Middle English and loaned 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 or Anglo-Frisian form, existing therein 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.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈvaɪkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ

Noun

Viking (plural Vikings)

1. (historical) One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8^th to the 11^th centuries.
2. (by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genera, a barbarian, generally equipped with an ax and a helmet adorned with horns.
3. (American football) A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.

Derived terms

vike (jocular verb)

viking (in attributive use)

Vikingism

Vikingship

Translations

One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors

• Armenian: վիկինգ (hy) (viking)
• Catalan: víking (ca) m and f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維京人 (cmn) (wéi jīng rén)

• Danish: viking (da) c
• Dutch: viking (nl) m
• Faroese: víkingur (fo) m
• Finnish: viikinki (fi)
• French: viking (fr) m
• German: Wikinger (de) m
• Greek: Βίκινγκ (el) (Víkingk) m and f
• Icelandic: víkingur (is) m
• Irish: Uigingeach (ga) m, Lochlannach (ga) m
• Italian: vichingo (it) m
• Japanese: ヴァイキング (ja) (vaikingu)
• Korean: 바이킹 (ko) (baiking)

• Kurdish: vîkîng (ku)
• Lithuanian: vikingas (lt) m
• Marathi: व्हाय्किंग (mr) (vhāykiṇga) m
• Norwegian: viking (no) m
• Old Norse: víkingr m
• Portuguese: viquingue (pt) m
• Russian: викинг (ru) (víking) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach (gd) m
• Slovak: Viking (sk) m
• Spanish: vikingo (es) m
• Swahili: Mvikingi (sw)
• Swedish: viking (sv)
• Turkish: viking (tr)
• West Frisian: wytsing (fy)

References

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Czech

Etymology

From Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Viking m

1. Viking

Declension

    declension of Viking

	singular	plural
nominative	Viking	Vikingové
genitive	Vikinga	Vikingů
dative	Vikingovi	Vikingům
accusative	Vikinga	Vikingy
vocative	Vikingu	Vikingové
locative	Vikingovi	Vikinzích
instrumental	Vikingem	Vikingy

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Slovak

Etymology

From Old Norse víkingr.

Noun

Viking m (genitive singular Vikinga, nominative plural Vikingovia), declension pattern chlap

1. Viking

Declension

    declension of Viking

	singular	plural
nominative	Viking	Vikingovia
genitive	Vikinga	Vikingov
dative	Vikingovi	Vikingom
accusative	Vikinga	Vikingov
locative	Vikingovi	Vikingoch
instrumental	Vikingom	Vikingmi

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Swedish

Proper noun

Viking

1. A male given name derived from the Swedish noun viking (“a Viking”), used since the 19th century.