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.

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

viking

Wikipedia ^no

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Vikingar

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

• 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.

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

Borrowed from French viking. Doublet of viteaz.

viking m (plural vikingi)

1. Viking

viking m (plural vikings)

1. Alternative form of vikingo

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

viking

Wikipedia ^sv

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. In modern context was first used by Verelius and Rugman in 17th century. Made popular by Esaias Tegner in 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /²viːˌkɪŋ/

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viking c

1. a Viking
2. (dated) a Viking expedition (for example to raid)

   Synonym: vikingatåg

   fara i viking

   go on a Viking expedition (idiomatic)

• Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

• vikingaanda
• vikingablod
• vikingaborg
• vikingafartyg
• vikingafärd
• vikingaskepp
• vikingatid
• vikingatida
• vikingatåg

• viking in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• viking in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• viking in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• knivig