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viking
/ˈvaɪkɪŋ/
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What does viking mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Viking.
- A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
- A Norseman (medieval Scandinavian).
More meanings (7)
noun
- A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.
- buffet; smorgasbord
- (historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.
- (humorous, offensive) An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.
proper noun
- A sea area between Scotland and Norway
- A town in Alberta, Canada.
- A city in Minnesota.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvaɪkɪŋ/
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He was a very clever boy, frank, with rather rough features and real viking blue eyes.
And when he was young he was out viking expeditions and harrying .
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Such is the king to whom Viking chieftains bowed their heads, and whom the modern and palatial steamship defies with impunity seven times a week.
Our sails were soon up, and with a fair wind we moved over the waves like three Viking ships on the quest of a lost Atlantis.
"Wotan placed a hard heart in my breast," says an old Scandinavian Saga: it is thus rightly expressed from the soul of a proud Viking.