wicing

Etymology
Possibly borrowed or from, itself from  +. In any case, equivalent to. Compare  and 🇨🇬, which are formed identically.

The form, existing in Old English 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.

Noun

 * 1) pirate
 * 2) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Philippe ġeþūhte æfter þām þæt hē on lande ne meahte þām folce mid ġiefum ġecwēman þe him on simle wǣron mid winnende, ac hē sċipu ġegaderode and wīċingas wurdon, and sōna æt ānum ċierre ān hund and hundeahtatiġ ċēapsċipa ġefēngon.


 * 1) Viking
 * 2) * unknown author, , manuscript C, year 886
 * "ang"

- Þȳ ilcan ġēare sende Ælfrēd cyning sċiphere of Cente on Ēastengle. Sōna swā hīe cōmon on Stūre mūðan, þā ġemētton hīe sixtīene sċipu wīċinga and wiþ þā ġefuhton and þā sċipu eall ġerāhton and þā menn ofslōgon. Þā hīe hāmweard wendon mid þǣre herehūðe, þā mētton hīe miċelne sċiphere wīċinga and þā wiþ þā ġefuhton þȳ ilcan dæġe, and þā Deniscan āhton siġe.

Usage notes

 * Wīcingas was not a very common descriptor for Vikings or Scandinavians, even in descriptions of viking raids or armies. Instead, the Anglo-Saxons much more frequently called them (“northern men”),  (“heathens”), and.