Viking

Alternative forms

 * α-forms (  -terminal):
 * Vikinger, vikinger
 * Vikingir, vikingir
 * Vikingr, vikingr
 * β-forms (  -initial, [ŋ] -terminal):
 * Viking, viking
 * γ-forms (  -initial):
 * Wicking, wicking
 * Wiking, wiking

Etymology
Borrowed from. Already in 🇨🇬 as and 🇨🇬, but assumed extinct in Middle English and borrowed anew in the 19th century; any survivals in dialect through the Middle Ages are unknown.

🇨🇬 itself is from +  (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, on account of the temporary encampments which were often a prominent feature of the Vikings’ raids.

Others proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb or deriving both English and Old Norse words to  related to  or.

Noun

 * 1)  Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.
 * 2)  A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
 * 3)  A  medieval Scandinavian.
 * 4)  An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.
 * 5)  A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.
 * 6)  buffet; smorgasbord

Translations

 * Arabic: أُرْدَمَانِيّ
 * Hijazi Arabic: فايكنق
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: викинг
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: viking
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: vikingo
 * Estonian: viiking
 * Faroese: víkingur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: viquingo
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Uigingeach, Lochlannach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 바이킹
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Lithuanian: vikingas
 * Low Saxon: Wikingers
 * Marathi: व्हायकिंग
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: viking
 * Old English: wicing
 * Old Norse: víkingr
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: викинг
 * Latin: viking
 * Slovak: Viking
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Mvikingi
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ชาวไวกิง
 * Turkish: viking
 * Vietnamese: người Viking
 * Volapük: viken
 * West Frisian: wytsing
 * Yiddish: וויקינג

Proper noun

 * 1) A sea area between Scotland and Norway

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Noun

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Etymology
Originally a nickname, appearing in runestones, from. Revived as a given name since 1829.