viking

viking (plural vikings)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking.

• Kinvig

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪkɪŋk]

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viking m anim

1. alternative letter-case form of Viking

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr m. Used since 17th century.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)

1. Viking

• “viking” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse víking (fem.).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

viking

1. Viking sea journey, Viking raid

• IPA^(key): /vi.kiŋ/

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viking (plural vikings)

1. Relating to the Vikings

• “viking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish and Danish (see Swedish viking).

• IPA^(key): /²ʋiːkiŋ/

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

1. a Viking

• vikingskip
• vikingtid

• “viking” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ], [²ʋiː.çɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ, -iːçɪŋ

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish (see Swedish viking) and Danish (see Danish viking).

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

1. a Viking

• vikingskip
• vikingtid

• Viking (“male given name”)

From Old Norse víking.

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

1. (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy

   fara i viking ― go on a voyage (to raid)

From vik (“bay”).

• IPA^(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ]

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

1. an inhabitant of a bay (vik) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)

From vika (“to yield, give away”) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (“aliasing”)

• vikning (Bokmål also)

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

1. a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)

• avvik

• “viking” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ikĩ

viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

1. alternative form of víquingue

viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

1. alternative form of víquingue

• “viking”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “viking”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French viking. Doublet of viteaz.

viking m (plural vikingi)

1. Viking

viking m (plural vikings)

1. alternative form of vikingo

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr. In a modern context, it was first used by Verelius and Rugman in the 17th century. It was made popular by Tegnér in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /²viːˌkɪŋ/

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viking c

1. a Viking
3. (dated) only used in i viking; a Viking expedition

   Synonym: vikingatåg

• Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

• drakskepp (“dragon ship”)
• långskepp (“longship”)
• runsten (“runestone”)

• viking in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• viking in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• knivig