víkingr

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

May be equivalent to, or the more general. Others proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb (or its Proto-Germanic equivalent).

Noun

 * 1) opportunistic seafaring adventurer out to raid and pillage, explore and settle new lands or conduct trading voyages
 * 2) pirate raider, freebooter, viking

Usage notes

 * Unlike in modern English, this term only refers to a person out on the denoted activity, not to all Norse people of the time.

Descendants
All descendants are learned borrowings.
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